Re:Trump signs executive order on water pressure to 'restore...
by like_any_other on Thursday April 10, 2025 @08:54AM
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So, what were the showerhead regulations prior to this repeal? The article doesn't expend even a single word to inform us.
Edit: WaPo is less useless: The order, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, directs the Energy Department to rescind a regulation issued under President Barack Obama and later reinstated under President Joe Biden. The rule limited the flow from each shower head on the market to 2.5 gallons of water per minute.
Re:Trump signs executive order on water pressure to 'restore...
by amluto on Thursday April 10, 2025 @09:15AM
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This problem is already solved by technology. A brief history:
In the old days, before water conservation efforts, toilets used around 5 gallons per flush. They flushed slowly and weakly, but they kind of make up for it with volume. Except that, when the flush failed, they would overflow quickly, at a rate of 5 gallons per flush.
Then conservation started and we got lower-flush toilets. They were awful. You might have one of these.
But now we have even lower flushing toilets, and they work better than ever, and they clog your pipes less because they flush forcefully.
Edit: WaPo is less useless: The order, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, directs the Energy Department to rescind a regulation issued under President Barack Obama and later reinstated under President Joe Biden. The rule limited the flow from each shower head on the market to 2.5 gallons of water per minute.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/0...
In the old days, before water conservation efforts, toilets used around 5 gallons per flush. They flushed slowly and weakly, but they kind of make up for it with volume. Except that, when the flush failed, they would overflow quickly, at a rate of 5 gallons per flush.
Then conservation started and we got lower-flush toilets. They were awful. You might have one of these.
But now we have even lower flushing toilets, and they work better than ever, and they clog your pipes less because they flush forcefully.
See here: https://map-testing.com/
So your Falcon Heavy needs a modern toilet, not an executive order.