- President Donald Trump has brought back an order he signed in his first term in the Oval Office. The measure will allow for greater water pressure in household appliances, namely showerheads.
- Former President Joe Biden rescinded Trump’s rule, restoring regulations to their levels during former President Barack Obama’s tenure.
- “Low-flow” showerheads have become a contentious topic, as highlighted in an episode of Seinfeld.
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President Donald Trump’s latest executive order will give showers more power.
The new order undoes a reversal of an order from Trump’s first term at the hands of former President Joe Biden. Under Biden’s order, regulations from 2013 were restored that require an entire shower to fall under a limitation of 2.5 gallons of water flow per minute. Trump changed that in his first term to limit the regulation to the showerhead.
Trump has long complained about the limitation, saying he would have to stay in the shower longer. His order stresses that consumers should be able to choose what type of showerhead they have in their homes.
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“You don’t get water. It’s ridiculous,” Trump said Wednesday. “In my case, I like to take a nice shower to take care of my beautiful hair. I have to stand under the shower for fifteen minutes until it gets wet.”
The change is effective 30 days after the notice.
What’s the history behind it?
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, showering is one of the most water-consuming activities in the home. An average household uses 40 gallons of water showering per day.
Low-flow showerheads became commonplace in the 1990s and were the topic of an episode of Seinfeld, in which the characters had the limiting showerheads installed and struggled to get the shampoo out of their hair.
The 2013 rule executed by former President Barack Obama updated the original 1994 regulations to address showers with multiple nozzles.
