The Trump administration wants to change the definition of a showerhead to let more water flow, addressing a pet peeve of the president. Conservation groups say the proposed loosening of a 28-year-old energy law is unnecessary and wasteful.
has dictated that new showerheads shouldn’t pour more than 2.5 gallons of water per minute . As newer shower fixtures came out with multiple nozzles, the Obama administration defined the showerhead restrictions to apply to what comes out in total. So if there are four nozzles, no more than 2.5 gallons total should come out between all four.
With four or five or more nozzles, “you could have 10, 15 gallons per minute powering out of the showerhead, literally probably washing you out of the bathroom,” said Andrew deLaski, executive director of the energy conservation group Appliance Standards Awareness Project.“So showerheads — you take a shower, the water doesn’t come out. You want to wash your hands, the water doesn’t come out.
of 12,499 showerheads showed 74% of them use two gallons or less water per minute, which is 20% less than the federal standard.“Frankly it’s silly,” deLaski said. “The country faces serious problems. We’ve got a pandemic, serious long-term drought throughout much of the West. We’ve got global climate change. Showerheads aren’t one of our problems.”
If the rule is adopted, Hynes said it would be “allowing Americans — not Washington bureaucrats — to choose what kind of showerheads they have in their homes.”
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