The president's claims about water pressure caught the attention of his environmental agency.
When the top EPA official overseeing its WaterSense program first heard President Donald Trump's rant about toilets that must be flushed a dozen times and modern faucets that only provide drips of water, she was at a loss for words.
Speaking to reporters at the White House in early December, Trump said the EPA would be"looking very strongly at sinks and showers and other elements of bathrooms," at his direction, insisting that"people are flushing toilets 10 times, 15 times as opposed to once" and that"they end up using more water.""They put restrictions on them and now they are permanent. Try going and buying a new faucet.
Trump's remarks echo longstanding concern in some conservative circles about the regulations — complaints that leading environmentalists say are bunk — that they have protested against for the better part of 20 years.
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