Lawsuit challenges DOE water limits on appliances

The Department of Energy is illegally limiting the water use of home appliances, and lawyers at the Competitive Enterprise Institute are filing a lawsuit to stop it.

Every day, people run dishwashers and washing machines only to discover that another washing cycle is needed because what’s inside remains dirty. The root of the problem is federal mandates that require a low level of water use per cycle. The government limits on water use also cause washing cycle duration to increase because longer cleaning time is needed to compensate for the lack of water. The result is paradoxical because the rules that are supposed to conserve water actually result in wasting it when appliance users must run multiple washing cycles to get things clean.