Trump's water obsession
President Donald Trump reignited his strange obsession with water, specifically water pressure, on Wednesday and the result is likely to cost consumers millions on their utility bills.
Trump signed an executive order titled “Maintaining Acceptable Water Pressure In Showerheads” which will repeal regulations put in place by the Biden administration limiting how much water can be used in showerheads.
At a White House signing of the order Trump ranted, “I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair. I have to stand in the shower for 15 minutes until it gets wet. … It’s ridiculous.”
A fact sheet sent out by the White House said Trump was going to end “the Obama-Biden war on water pressure and make America’s showers great again.”
But there was no “war” on water pressure. An explainer from the Appliance Standards Awareness Project released last June explained that efficient showerheads cut water usage, helping the environment, and they saved families money on their utility bills.
Consumer Reports examined the showerheads on the market in January and determined that, despite Trump’s complaints to the contrary, modern showerheads are not affected by water flow.
posted by Rob Anderson @ 12:01 PM
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I love it when donkeys think they’re plumbers. States esp states like California have been doing construction on water infrastructure. New pipes in the streets and so on to reduce water pressure. California regulations call for it after Obama signing executive order 13514. For any non donkeys that frequent this blog you can look up those state regulations including those introduced by then federal gov
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/water_implementing_instructions.pdf
Faucets and shower heads are manufactured with low flow restrictors(mentioned in the above executive order as well) which also reduces the amount of water and pressure coming out of the faucet. I’m sure many readers of this dumb ass blog have experienced water not coming out as strong with a new shower head or faucet believing at first that there may be a plumbing problem. Or fiddling around with the shower head settings confused about which setting is the hard or soft setting.
Most folks that are as dumb as you and the crap you read would be embarrassed. But I can understand how your lack of knowledge on water laws, pressure reductions and faucets mean nothing to you. Donkeys have no problems eating dead grass.
The "donkey" here is President Trump, since the post is about his obsession, not mine.
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