Donald Trump issues edict against 'useless' water conservation standards

Donald Trump issues edict against 'useless' water conservation standards

President Donald Trump is striking a blow against a law passed when George Herbert Walker Bush was President. “Water conservation requirements for faucets, showers, bathtubs, and toilets — promulgated by the Department of Energy pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486) — make bathroom appliances more expensive and less functional.  “Efficiency” standards render other American appliances like clothes washers and dishwashers …

Trump Makes Big Move To Make Showers And Lightbulbs Great Again By Yanking Away Much-Detested Regulation - The American Tribune.com

In one of his moves that will get less publicity than others but undoubtedly be felt a great deal by ordinary Americans in their daily lives, President Donald Trump announced on Friday, May 9, that he was rescinding some awful, HW Bush-era regulations that ruined some of America’s most-used appliances by making them far less functional in the name of “efficiency.” Those regulations have to do with water pressure and related functionality issues,…

Rescission of Useless Water Pressure Standards

MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF ENERGYTHE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORTHE DEPUTY ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS