Including filter system and high-performance Strontium-90 filter.
Strontium-90 is a radioactive form of strontium that can appear in water at very low concentrations and moves through groundwater much like calcium does. Because it behaves similarly to calcium, it can dissolve into supply lines and reach a South Palm Beach home through the main service connection without any taste, smell, or color to give it away. The only reliable way to determine whether it’s present is to have your water tested specifically for radionuclides.
In South Palm Beach households, water is used for everything from cooking and making ice to bathing and brushing teeth, so concern about strontium-90 often centers on whole-home exposure rather than a single faucet. Point-of-use filters can protect a single sink or drinking tap, but they leave showers, clothes washers, and other fixtures untreated. A correctly chosen whole-house system treats water at the point of entry and gives consistent coverage across daily uses throughout Palm Beach County homes.
A whole-house water softener using ion exchange is frequently the most effective single-filter option for reducing strontium-90 because the resin exchanges dissolved ions for sodium or potassium. That same ion exchange process can capture other positively charged ions like strontium, so installing a softener at the South Palm Beach service entrance can reduce strontium through the same mechanism the unit uses to address hardness and mineral scale.
To perform well in South Palm Beach — where municipal water in Palm Beach County is commonly hard and can cause scale — an ion exchange softener must be sized for your household’s flow and total mineral load. Regular salt regeneration restores the resin so it continues removing strontium over time, and prefiltration helps shield the media from sediment that could shorten its lifespan. Mr. Pure Water can review your water test results and recommend a whole-house softener setup sized for your home and local water conditions.