Biden moves to drop Trump showerhead rule

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The Biden administration is moving forward with a plan to drop a Trump-era rule that sought to loosen restrictions on showerhead water flow — something the former president was known to complain about.

The Energy Department announced on Friday that it is taking a step toward reversing the Trump administration’s move in order to tighten showerhead efficiency regulations.

The department also said it didn’t expect its action to have a significant impact on the current marketplace, saying it has not found any new showerheads that have been introduced to the market under the Trump-era definition.

The showerhead rule is one of several efficiency rules the previous administration sought to roll back. The Biden administration has said it will review several of these policies — setting itself up for potential reversals.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/563375-biden-steps-toward-reversing-trump-showerhead-rule

[OnDoutside]

1. That'll sting !

[secondwind]

2. Let him get a bucket of water to pour over himself... nobody cares....

[moonscape]

5. I'm thinking a bucket

of bleach to, you know, protect him.

[Blue Owl]

3. Dump can stew in his own filth

Suck it, FF45…

[RockRaven]

4. The manufacturers never moved back to the pre-2013 standard anyway. They kept making

more efficient shower heads for two reasons: 1) they figured Trump's rule would get shit-canned the minute there was a new administration, so they weren't going to bother redesigning everything only to reverse again in a couple years, and 2) most consumers want more efficient shower heads anyway, as long as they still feel good, because water costs money and all things being equal using less is better.

[getagrip_already]

7. almost all of the flow reducers were removable anyway......

They are easy for even someone with no real skills to pop out. Youtube will even show you how.

I have a private well and a septic tank. I don't pay for either water or sewage based on flow (well, a little for power for the pump), and it all recycled anyway.

So I usually remove the reducers, but not everywhere.

[11 Bravo]

6. Trump's greatest Presidential achievement ... down the drain.