Bloomberg: “The U.S. Energy Department proposed easing water efficiency requirements for shower heads Wednesday following multiple complaints from President Donald Trump about how low water flow is impeding his ability to properly wash his hair.”
“The plan would allow manufacturers to bypass a 2.5 gallon-per-minute maximum flow rate set by Congress in the 1990s. Under current law, each shower head in a shower counts toward that limit. If finalized, the administration plan would allow multiple shower nozzles with 2.5 gallon-per-minute heads to each meet that requirement separately. The rule comes after Trump has railed against shower heads that go ‘drip, drip, drip,’ as well as low-flow toilets and faucets among other appliances. ‘You turn on the shower — if you’re like me, you can’t wash your beautiful hair properly,’ Trump said this month during a visit to a Whirlpool Corp. manufacturing plant in Ohio. ‘You waste 20 minutes longer. Please come out. The water — it drips, right?'”