WaterSense is slated for elimination under EPA's proposed budget
Plumbing Manufacturers International is urging the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration to preserve and maintain the WaterSense program, which has provided valuable water- and cost-saving benefits over the past 10 years.
In a letter sent April 17 to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, PMI stressed how the voluntary, public-private WaterSense partnership encourages voluntary reduction of water consumption by consumers and businesses. WaterSense has had widespread support from the plumbing manufacturing industry for a decade, and WaterSense products have saved an estimated 1.5 trillion gallons of water since the program's inception in 2006.