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<br />UJ,I "_U..1.l;lIO_ . Ol1~,p ..LV '_"'~ JI1A "u" ..,,~. _"-'.30 . ._. ..... . _.4\..&o~..c.. __. <br /> <br />..~_~~uuo <br /> <br />p ,_ '_.-J <br /> <br />a.-~" <br />'t:.' ~~ <br />Ii.' '. 1\ <br />!i . , il <br />.~. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />S TAT e: 0 F NEW M E X I, C 0 <br />STATE ENGINEER OFFICE <br />SANTA FE <br /> <br />THOMAS C. TURNEY <br />Sgsce Engine.er <br /> <br />May 5, 1991 <br /> <br />eATAANMEMO~LBUIUlING.~OOM '01 <br />POST OFFICi Box as' O. <br />SANTA FE. NEW MEXICO Il1SO~.51a< <br />= BC7-6l75 <br />FAX; t=O=I a~'.a, BB <br /> <br />Representative Steve Schifi" <br />U.S. House ofRepresCIltarives <br />2404 R.1ybum House OfIice Building <br />Washington, D.C. 20515 )".:1;:;- <br /> <br />Dear Represen~ff: <br /> <br />I BIII writing to ask your support in opposing KR. 859. a bill ina-oduced by Representariv~ <br />Joe Knollenberg. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />If enacted, this legislation would repeal. the water conservation provisions of the 1992 <br />Enl!tgy Policy Act that set water usc standards fOT toilets, urinals. showerheads wd <br />faucets. By ineluding standards for rhes. plumbing fixtures, the Energy Policy Act served <br />to significantly move forward the nation' $, and New Mexico's. effort to conserve water. <br /> <br />I understand th.at Representative J<nollenberg has introduced H.R. 859 because of <br />complaints he has received about the petformance of water efliciell.t plllmbing products. <br />Howevcr. data obtained from the use oflhese products since January 1994, when the <br />standards became etfecrive, iIldic:ltilS that these productS perform well and save <br />considerable amoWlts of water. Field srudies have confirmed that water efficient fixrui"es <br />save 35 percent or more of indoor residential water use. Energy savings are projected to <br />be significant, about:; percent oflhe nation's cw:rent allnual use between 1994 and 2010, <br />resulting in S 15 billion in energy costs. Some early models of water efficient toilets had <br />problems. but the technology has improved sigDiiicantly since the act became law. Surveys <br />of customers in California, New York 'City and elsewhere have generally rated low !low <br />toilets high. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />TIlC Plumbing ManUiacmrcrs Institute supports the retention of the current standards. A <br />ehange in the standards would require manu.&crorers to lose the invesunent they have <br />made in retooling for the CUITent standards.. They also fear Wt compliance with a variety <br />ofloeal :md nata ordmances ~ould be difficult. Prior to the enactlllc!:nt of the federal <br />stll.lldlltds. Sc!:verallocal and state governmentS sct water use efficiency standlltds of their <br />OWll. New Mexico was considering sueh action, but did not do 50 in aIlticipatiou of the <br />