Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive variety of strontium that can dissolve in groundwater and travel into homes through the main water line. Because it behaves much like calcium, it moves with groundwater and won’t give off a taste, smell, or color to warn you. The only reliable way to know whether it’s present is a water test specifically for radionuclides — an important step for Plymouth homeowners, especially those on wells or using central Florida groundwater.
In Plymouth households, water is used for drinking, cooking, making ice, bathing, and oral hygiene, so protecting every faucet matters if tests show elevated strontium-90. Point-of-use cartridges can reduce contaminants at a single sink, but they leave the rest of the house exposed. A correctly chosen whole-house system treats incoming water at the point of entry and gives more consistent coverage across showers, laundry, and all fixtures common in our Orange County area homes.
When targeting strontium-90, a whole-house water softener using ion exchange is often the most effective single-filter option. The resin in these softeners swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium and can also capture positively charged contaminants like strontium. Because strontium-90 is chemically strontium, it can be reduced through that same exchange process, making an ion exchange softener a practical entry-point treatment for Plymouth properties.
To be effective for strontium-90, an ion exchange softener must be sized for your household’s flow and the mineral content common to central Florida’s hard groundwater. Regular regeneration with salt refreshes the resin so it continues removing target ions, and routine maintenance prevents performance drops. In Plymouth, prefiltration is often wise to protect the media from sediment and iron or sulfur that can occur in well water; Mr. Pure Water can review your test results and recommend a whole-house configuration tailored to your home.