(CNN) The US Department of Energy on Wednesday released a proposal to roll back water efficiency standards for showerheads, just days after President Donald Trump had publicly aired his water flow grievances, including an inability to wash his "beautiful hair properly." The proposal takes aim at the 2.5-gallon-per-minute maximum flow rate set by Congress in the 1990s. Under current federal law, each showerhead in a fixture counts toward that limit collectively -- but the Energy Department's plan would let each showerhead reach the 2.5-gallon-per-minute individually. Energy Department spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes told CNN in a statement, "President Trump promised the American people that he would reduce onerous federal regulations on the American consumer, and this proposed rulemaking on showerheads does just that." If adopted, Hynes said, the rule would allow "Americans -- not Washington bureaucrats -- to choose what kind of showerheads they have in their homes."

Source: CNN August 13, 2020 00:45 UTC