Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can occur in water at very low concentrations. Because it acts a lot like calcium, it can stay dissolved in groundwater and travel through the main line into a Shorewood home without any taste, smell, or visible sign. The only dependable way to detect it is with lab testing for radionuclides rather than by relying on sensory clues.
Around the house, water is used for cooking, making ice, bathing and oral hygiene, so any contaminant found in your supply matters for daily exposure. Point-of-use filters can protect a single faucet, but they won’t guard your whole plumbing system in Lee County homes. For Shorewood homeowners who want consistent protection across showers, laundry and all taps, a properly chosen whole-house system treats water at the entry point and covers every fixture.
A whole-house water softener using ion exchange is commonly the most effective single-filter option for reducing strontium-90 because the resin swaps certain dissolved ions for sodium or potassium. That same exchange process can capture positively charged contaminants like strontium, so an ion exchange softener provides treatment right where Shorewood water enters your home.
To perform well in hard-water areas of Lee County, an ion exchange softener must be sized to your household’s flow and mineral load and regenerated regularly with salt to refresh the resin. Adding prefiltration helps keep sand and sediment out of the tank so the media lasts longer—especially useful in Shorewood where hard water can increase scale. Mr. Pure Water can review your water test and recommend the right whole-house softener and prefilter combination to target strontium-90 without making the system more complicated than it needs to be.