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As the election neared, President Donald Trump said he would deliver to Americans shower heads that really let the water flow. No more drip-drip-drip showers supposedly caused by water-conservation rules. You take a shower, the water doesnt come out, Trump said at the White House last July. You want to wash your hands, the water doesnt come out. So what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer? Because my hair I dont know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect.
It sounded like an idle riff. But in December, as his administration was getting ready to depart, Trumps Energy Department announced it had changed the rules for shower heads. The amount of water used in a shower was still capped at 2.5 gallons per minute. But the agency gave a new interpretation of the cap, saying water use would be measured per shower stall instead of per shower head. Many newer shower stalls have multiple shower heads. So three shower heads in one stall, for example, could allow for 7.5 gallons per minute.
The victory was short-lived. The Energy Department, now under President Bidens administration, said Friday it plans to scrap the new shower-head rule interpretation and go back to the old one. It will take a few months, but it appears that Trumps drenching shower heads will soon be gone. In fact, its unclear whether any manufacturer even bothered to produce shower heads matching the Trump administration guidelines because it was clear early on that a new administration would probably reverse course.
Trumps push for wetter showers was curious and part of a larger, late effort by his administration to roll back water and energy conservation rules for dishwashers, washing machines and dryers. He also garnered attention for his complaints about toilets that need to be flushed 10 times, 15 times, as opposed to once.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/07/19/trump-stronger-showers/
zuul
(14,624 posts)I've used hair spray. I've used styling gels and leave-in conditioners. And yet I never had any trouble washing my hair.
What is that stuff? Super glue?
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)Siwsan
(26,262 posts)At the time I had very long and relatively thick hair, and I kept thinking I just wasn't rinsing out all of the shampoo. So I swapped out the new shower head for an even newer hand held one and that took care of the problem. Well, that and giving myself a much needed hair cut - taking off a good 8 to 10" of rust stained blond hair.
I still have the old shower head. Maybe I could sell it to TFG.
hatrack
(59,587 posts)Siwsan
(26,262 posts)I used it to turn an old bowling ball into a meditation orb.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,216 posts)talking about , and california and the entire intermountain west is in a stage 4 drought,