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Catalytic Carbon Filter Media
Chloramine Wrecks Your Plumbing. Regular Carbon Can't Keep Up. This Can. Catalytic Carbon Filter Media removes chloramine at high flow rates that standard activated carbon simply misses — genuinely better protection as more municipalities switch away from plain chlorine.
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Chloramine doesn’t stand a chance.
This coconut-based catalytic carbon is a replacement media for your whole-house carbon filter. It’s built to remove chlorine and chloramine, even at high flow rates like a shower. It also reduces hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell), VOCs, pesticides, herbicides, and bad tastes and odors.
- Works in upflow and backwashing carbon filters
- Handles hydrogen sulfide up to 20 to 30 ppm
- Lasts about 3 to 7 years (standard carbon: about 1 to 3)
- Two sizes: 1.0 and 1.5 cubic feet
- 100% no-risk money-back guarantee
HOW TO USE
Size it. Swap it. Forget it for years.
- Find your size. Use our sizing chart or call our experts to get the right amount for your tank.
- Replace your old carbon. Swap in the catalytic carbon.
- Replace again in 3 to 7 years. Timing depends on your water usage and contaminant levels.
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HOW DOES IT WORK
Heat-treated carbon with extra muscle.
Catalytic carbon starts as activated carbon, then gets treated with gas at high temperatures. That changes its surface so it reacts with chloramine and hydrogen sulfide much better than standard carbon.
Standard carbon can miss chloramine at higher flow rates. Catalytic carbon removes it effectively, even at shower flow.
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For All Carbon Filters
One of the most promising and popular options for filters in the water purification industry is catalytic carbon. It's positively charged with a high density of micro-pores, offering genuinely excellent filtering of contaminants.
Beyond sediment removal, this media is efficient at removing negative ions (chlorine, chloramine, dissolved natural substances), VOCs, and undesirable tastes and odors — supplying your whole household with fresh, clean water.
Highlights:
- Better able to adsorb volatile natural chemicals
- Removes pesticides and herbicides
- Removes halogens from the water
- High porosity — excellent filtering of contaminants
- Good resistance to wear
- Improves taste and appearance of water
What is catalytic carbon?
It's created by altering the surface structure of activated carbon — modified by gas processing at high temperatures to change the electronic structure and create the highest level of catalytic activity for reducing chloramine and H2S in water. This added catalytic functionality is significantly greater than what's found in traditional activated carbons. Catalytic carbon is a genuinely economical solution for treating H2S levels as high as 20-30 PPM.
More About Catalytic Carbon Filter Media
It's genuinely important to replace your carbon when it's time — whether your carbon filter is an upflow design or a backwashing system with an electronic control valve, catalytic carbon is the best option available for the job.
Lifespan comparison:
Coconut-based catalytic carbon typically lasts 3-7 years, depending on water usage and contaminant load. Standard carbons — whether regular coconut-based or granulated activated carbon (GAC) — usually last only 1-3 years. The catalytic coconut carbon has a meaningfully longer life expectancy than standard carbon media.
Why municipalities are switching to chloramine:
Many city water utilities are shifting disinfection from chlorine to chloramine (a chlorine-ammonia compound). As populations grow, water distribution systems struggle to maintain adequate chlorine residual and bacteria control (Coliform, E. coli) all the way to the end of the line. Chloramine has a longer residual life than chlorine, so utilities are switching to it to maintain effective disinfection without exceeding EPA maximum contamination levels. Over 30% of U.S. municipalities have already made this switch, and that number keeps rising.
Why this matters for your plumbing and your carbon filter:
Chloramine is significantly more corrosive to metal plumbing than chlorine — there are documented cases of copper plumbing under 3 years old in chloraminated city water needing sections replaced due to pitting and leaking, often resolved by installing an upflow catalytic carbon filter. Chloramine is also harder to remove at higher flow rates than chlorine. At a typical shower flow rate of around 1.5 GPM, standard carbon (coconut-based or GAC) will remove some chloramine, but not all of it — meaning residual chloramine still reaches your water and your plumbing. Catalytic coconut-based carbon removes chloramine effectively even at these higher flow rates, which is why it's the recommended upgrade if your municipality has made or is considering this switch.
Granulated Activated Carbon
One of the most promising and popular options for filters in the purification industry is catalytic carbon filter media.
Catalytic carbon is created by altering the surface structure of activated carbon — modified by gas processing at high temperatures to change the electronic structure and create the highest level of catalytic activity. Beyond sediment removal, it's efficient at removing negative ions (chlorine, chloramine, sulfur, dissolved natural substances), VOCs, and undesirable tastes and odors. A quality whole-house filter using this media can supply your entire household with fresh, clean water.
Highlights:
- Better able to adsorb volatile natural chemicals
- Removes pesticides and herbicides
- Removes halogens from the water
- High porosity — the best filtering of contaminants
- Good resistance to wear
- Improves taste and appearance of water
What is coconut-based catalytic carbon?
Created by altering the surface structure of activated carbon through gas processing at high temperatures, changing the electronic structure to create the highest level of catalytic activity for reducing chloramine and H2S in water — added functionality significantly greater than traditional activated carbons.
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Many Americans are drinking up to 300 to 600 times above the EPA health guidelines for chlorine. More water companies keep increasing chlorine dosage as a disinfectant — even within limits, there are real health effects worth knowing:
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The SoftPro Whole House Carbon+ Filter removes chlorine AND chloramines.
Chlorine & Chloramine... Not In My Water!
More water companies keep increasing chloramine use as a disinfectant in your tap water. Even within EPA and CDC limits, you could experience real health effects:
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The SoftPro Whole House Carbon+ Filter removes chlorine AND chloramines.
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