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A special wall coating designed to soak anyone who tries to urinate against it is being trialled by a London council.
The liquid-repelling coating will be used at two popular drinking locations in Shoreditch and Dalston, east London.
Hackney Council spends £100,000 a year cleaning urine off walls and pavements.
Feryal Dermici, cabinet member for neighbourhoods, said: "If the prospect of a fine doesn't put them off from weeing in the street, maybe the risk of getting covered in urine will."
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-35120259
Can't see this working for long if at all. Firstly anyone seriously drunk won't notice getting a bit wet and secondly, as soon as word gets around or they get a little wet, people will either just avoid the wall and pee directly on the adjacent pavement or pee on the wall at an angle thereby avoiding any splashback. It's not the wall but the location which is the problem I think and simple water seal would stop any soaking into the brickwork. Still I suppose someone at Civic HQ thought it sounded like a good idea worthy of taxpayer's money.