{"id":593757,"date":"2021-07-16T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593757"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T18:35:38","slug":"biden-administration-to-replace-trumps-showerhead-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-to-replace-trumps-showerhead-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration To Replace Trump\u2019s Showerhead Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-administration-to-replace-trumps-showerhead-rule%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=593757&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-467031537-scaled-e1626453365943.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">President Joe Biden is ditching showerhead rules put in place by former President Donald Trump that allowed more water to flow out of a shower per minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After&nbsp;<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/22\/joe-biden-shower-head-regulation-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">reviewing Trump\u2019s policy<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for months, Biden has decided to revert to the 2013 Obama-Era standard on water flow, which allows for 2.5-gallons-per-minute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biden is also attempting to eliminate the definition of \u201cbody spray\u201d Trump adopted, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/EERE-2020-BT-TP-0002-0088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">described as<\/a> a \u201c<\/span>shower device for spraying onto a bather other than from the overhead position.\u201d Trump argued a \u201cbody spray\u201d should not fall under the umbrella of a showerhead, hence, it should not be subject to the 2.5 gallon limit.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Department of Energy (DOE) reportedly said the change will allow consumers to save money by reducing water use and paying lower energy bills, according to &nbsp;<a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-showerhead-rule-reversed-biden-6b6dc448e974a948cdcad3d43bfccbe3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cAs many parts of America experience historic droughts, this commonsense proposal means consumers can purchase shower heads that conserve water and save them money on their utility bills,\u201d Kelly Speakes-Backman, acting assistant secretary for the department\u2019s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, said Friday.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In December 2020, Trump <a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/13\/trump-administration-loosens-showerhead-regulations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loosened restrictions<\/a> that limited how much water could flow, claiming the DOE\u2019s regulations did not allow him to maintain his \u201cperfect hair.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cSo showerheads \u2014 you take a shower, the water doesn\u2019t come out. You want to wash your hands, the water doesn\u2019t come out,\u201d Trump said at the White House in July 2020, according to The Associated Press.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> \u201cSo what do you do? You just stand there longer or you take a shower longer? Because my hair \u2014 I don\u2019t know about you, but it has to be perfect. Perfect.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In 1992, Congress ruled that the maximum flow for new showerheads was 2.5-gallons-per-minute. Newer showerheads with multiple nozzles led the DOE under Obama to specify the 2.5-gallon rule applied to the overall output of the shower, not the output per individual nozzle.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Trump lobbied to reverse Obama\u2019s amendment, and let each nozzle reach the 2.5-gallon-per-minute mark individually, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/donald-trump-ap-top-news-politics-u-s-news-083ef5555ef82c015e2f37f1822c0d78\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Associated Press<\/a>. This could mean a shower with four or five nozzles would pump out 10 to 15 gallons of water per minute, Andrew deLaski, executive director of the energy conservation group Appliance Standards Awareness Project, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump pet peeve could wash away showerhead rules\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OE2q5KYM7Gk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The move by Trump faced backlash, with many people voicing concerns for water conservation, climate change and droughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cFrankly it\u2019s silly,\u201d deLaski said in August 2020, according to The Associated Press. \u201cThe country faces serious problems. We\u2019ve got a pandemic, serious long-term drought throughout much of the West. We\u2019ve got global climate change. Showerheads aren\u2019t one of our problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to the DOE\u2019s <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.doe.gov\/certification-data\/CCMS-4-Showerheads.html#q=Product_Group_s%3A%22Showerheads%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">database<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, 74% of 12.5 thousand showerheads monitored use just two gallons of water or less water per minute. This is 20% less than the 2013 federal standard, according to The Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u201cThere is absolutely no need to change current showerhead standards,\u201d said David Friedman, vice president of <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/advocacy.consumerreports.org\/press_release\/distorting-federal-showerhead-standards-is-wasteful-and-unnecessary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Advocacy at Consumer Reports<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and a former acting assistant secretary for the DOE in August 2020. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Friedman said Obama-era standards for showerheads perform well and \u201cachieve high levels\u201d of customer satisfaction.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Biden Administration will reinstate the 2013 regulations. <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Biden\u2019s proposed rule change is set to be published in the Federal Register and will undergo a 60-day public comment period before final regulations are set, according to <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/07\/16\/politics\/shower-head-rules-biden-trump\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CNN<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All showerheads on the market currently comply with the 2013 rule, according to The Associated Press.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden is ditching showerhead rules put in place by former President Donald Trump that allowed more water to flow out of a shower per minute.After\u00a0reviewing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=593757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=593757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=593757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=593757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}