Obama administration regulations now coming after your dishwashing machine

The Obama administration’s push to drastically reduce the amount of water used by newly manufactured home dishwashing appliances has manufacturers and fans of convenience up in arms.
The proposed rule would force appliance makers to trim water usage for each dishwashing cycle to 3.1 gallons — an amount that industry experts warn will not effectively clean dishes and will compel people to run their machines through at least two cycles.
A lobbyist for the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM) told The Hill the Obama proposal that the Department of Energy (DOE) has already asked his industry to innovate so much efficiency into its products that, essentially, “they’re trying to squeeze blood from a stone that just doesn’t have any blood left in it.”
According to The Hill, major manufacturers like General Electric and Whirlpool “tweaked” some of their models into prototypes that conform to the new rule — and the results were dirty.
“Home appliance manufacturers recently completed several rounds of testing to the proposed standards,” AHAM wrote in a Web posting last week. “The testing revealed a build-up of film, fats and grease on dishes at the end of the cycle. As a result of the proposed standards, it is highly likely that consumers will pre-wash dishes or choose to repeat dishwasher cycles, thereby erasing any energy or water savings.
“According to AHAM’s analysis, DOE’s forecasting models show water usage could actually increase because of product impact and altered consumer behavior in pre-rinsing dishes.”
Comments to the DOE were originally slated to end in February of this year, but pressure from appliance makers has extended the commenting period. The DOE insists it has not made a final decision on whether to change or implement the rule as feedback continues to pour in.

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