Donald Trump complained… of insufficient water pressure for his hair. Immediate consequence: the US government wants to relax the standards intended to save shower water. The US Department of Energy on Wednesday proposed a change in shower head standards, to allow the installation of multiple heads on a single fitting, a way to bypass water-saving measures put in place under George HW Bush.
The standards established in 1992 limit the water flow to 9.5 liters per minute for showers and it was decided in 2011 that multi-jet showers were a single device to which the limitation applied, recalls Forbes magazine . With the change intended by the Trump administration, the restriction on water flow will apply to each water jet instead of the entire system.
“Mine must be perfect. Perfect "
The announcement comes after complaints from Donald Trump, a notorious climate skeptic, about insufficient water pressure in showers. “Shower heads - you take a shower, the water does not flow. You want to wash your hands, the water is not flowing. So what are you doing? Are you staying there longer or taking a longer shower? Because my hair - I don't know about you, but mine must be perfect. Perfect, ”the president explained in July to reporters at the White House.
The Republican billionaire has been fighting a battle to increase the flow and pressure of water in bathroom fixtures for several months. "(People) take a shower, the water comes in small drops, it flows very smoothly, people flush the toilet 10 times, 15 times, instead of once, they end up using more water. Donald Trump assured in December. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "will carefully examine sinks and showers and other bathroom items," he announced.
This plan joins Donald Trump's “repeated unfounded complaints” that “toilets, faucets and other household facilities have been destroyed by federal energy efficiency standards,” said Andrew deLaski, director of the Appliance Standards Awareness Project. , dedicated to energy saving. According to him the new measures proposed on the shower heads will "waste enormous amounts of water and energy, which will increase the bills and greenhouse gas emissions," he said in a statement. blog.
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