20 March 2013

225 litres into the pissoirs from 1,200 punters at 180ml each

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Canberra CBD has kindly provided details on the usage of Canberra’s new open air pissoirs:

The urinal trial in late-night hot spots in the Canberra CBD has already proven extremely popular with the local community with 225 litres collected over the weekend.

Data showed that an estimated 1200 men had used the urinals over the four nights of the first weekend of the trial, with Saturday night attracting nearly 450 people.

CCBD’s Chief Executive Officer, Jane Easthope, said it was great to see the facilities being used.

“The first weekend of the trial has already shown that the urinals have served their purpose and we are pleased they have already made an impact,” Ms Easthope said.

“We are determined to make the city’s laneways cleaner and more usable to the general public. This trial is just one example of how we are implementing change.

They’re back this weekend and then over Easter.

[Photo by Adam Thomas]

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poetix said :

Watson said :

ryza said :

Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?

On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.

Better than pissing on the street!

I thought maybe this would make me feel urinal-envy. Wait. No, nothing.

I feel a genuine sadness that the needs of men are being met, but not those of women. Last time I’ll mention this, as I hate being the boring serious one.

If you consider the need being met more broadly as one of being able to walk the streets of the city without splashing through urine, I think it is one felt equally by men and women.

Alternatively, you could always use the provided facilities in conjuction with one of these

Jivrashia said :

Deref said :

Does urine have any commercial value?

It was used to cure bacon and other meat.
The chemical in the urine acted as a steriliser to keep bacteria at bay.

Of course this was during the time before modern technology was able to decipher the chemicals within urine that acted as the steriliser. I don’t think in this modern day and age butchers piss on their bacon…?

I also do not think butchers piss on their bacon.

Deref said :

Does urine have any commercial value?

It was used to cure bacon and other meat.
The chemical in the urine acted as a steriliser to keep bacteria at bay.

Of course this was during the time before modern technology was able to decipher the chemicals within urine that acted as the steriliser. I don’t think in this modern day and age butchers piss on their bacon…?

Does urine have any commercial value? It used to be used by tanners, but I suppose it isn’t any more. In ancient Rome one of the Caesars collected it and sold it for a profit. This pissed off (no pun intended) the Senate, who criticised him for making money from such a thing. His reply was “Pecunia non olet” (money doesn’t stink).

poetix said :

I feel a genuine sadness that the needs of men are being met, but not those of women. Last time I’ll mention this, as I hate being the boring serious one.

And what exactly do you suggest? Maybe your suggestions would be better presented to CCBD Pty Ltd rather than The RiotAct Pty Ltd – they may be in a better position to alleviate your pressing concerns.

poetix said :

Watson said :

ryza said :

Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?

On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.

Better than pissing on the street!

I thought maybe this would make me feel urinal-envy. Wait. No, nothing.

I feel a genuine sadness that the needs of men are being met, but not those of women. Last time I’ll mention this, as I hate being the boring serious one.

What are you on about? There are public toilets in Civic. And plenty of pub toilets to use too.

If you really want a similar solution for women, I suggest that you encourage women to urinate on the street more frequently to demonstrate a need.

Watson said :

ryza said :

Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?

On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.

Better than pissing on the street!

I thought maybe this would make me feel urinal-envy. Wait. No, nothing.

I feel a genuine sadness that the needs of men are being met, but not those of women. Last time I’ll mention this, as I hate being the boring serious one.

Masquara said :

I reckon their estimate is a fib. Anyone doing a pee after a few beers would be peeing way more than a couple of hundred mls. Make that 100-120 men on Saturday night and a grand total of fewer than 400 over the four nights.

Agree. Unless…

Madam Cholet said :

Is it going to be recycled?

Maybe some on them took it upon themselves to recycle directly…?

poetix said :

Madam Cholet said :

How do they know that 1200 men exactly pissed 225 litres. Is someone standing there with a clicker?

Is it going to be recycled?

Into beer?

The human body is a machine for turning beer into Fosters.

A simple solution to a problem, i like it. However, I don’t think this is an indication of people urinating on the street, many would go into a pub. Probably would help reduce queues inside the pub though.

ryza said :

Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?

On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.

Better than pissing on the street!

I thought maybe this would make me feel urinal-envy. Wait. No, nothing.

as if dudes in canberra needed more opportunities to get their doodles out in public 🙁

Holden Caulfield12:23 pm 21 Mar 13

I really think they could have thought about this a bit longer and helped to tackle youth unemployment, garcon de piss anyone?

Damn all y’all and negative sentiment, I think this is great. Its not like the urinals are there during the day when you are there so why does it bother you so?

On a busy night there is nothing worse than waiting in line at a busy club needing to pee. I do feel sorry for the young ladies though.

Better than pissing on the street!

Welcome to Canberra …..

Maybe there could be some confidential way of identifying each urinal. Then we could get into a pissing contest and bet on which one was fullest at the end of the trial.

I feel so relieved for i’d hate to think that the pissheads weren’t measuring up!

Masquara said :

I reckon their estimate is a fib. Anyone doing a pee after a few beers would be peeing way more than a couple of hundred mls.

I agree – 180ml is just over half a middie.

CCBD’s Chief Executive Officer, Jane Easthope, said it was great to see the facilities being used.

There are much better things to see in Civic than drunk blokes pissing.

I like how the open air public toilets for drunken females offer a little more privacy than the drunken male toilets.

Can anyone explain why the female public toilets are marked with the number 4?

gentoopenguin9:18 pm 20 Mar 13

Madam Cholet said :

How do they know that 1200 men exactly pissed 225 litres. Is someone standing there with a clicker?

Is it going to be recycled?

Ohh now there’s a public servant job if ever there was one! A Piss Clicker!

I’d like to see Jane use one of these.

Masquara said :

I reckon their estimate is a fib. Anyone doing a pee after a few beers would be peeing way more than a couple of hundred mls. Make that 100-120 men on Saturday night and a grand total of fewer than 400 over the four nights.

That’s what I reckon. 180ml is only about 0.75 of a middy! If I only return 180ml to the environment after necking a few pints at the W&P then something is wrong with the metric system.

I reckon their estimate is a fib. Anyone doing a pee after a few beers would be peeing way more than a couple of hundred mls. Make that 100-120 men on Saturday night and a grand total of fewer than 400 over the four nights.

Sounds like a whole bunch of guys were ‘marking their territory’! Or going there for the novelty? Nevertheless, that’s a decent amount of second hand alcohol! 🙂

Postalgeek said :

That’s a lot of nitrogen. We should pump it onto Parliament house, to keep the grass roots happy.

This will give new meaning to the parliament ‘taking the piss’

At least the lane ways will now be cleaner for that other purpose for which they are intended; the quickie.

That’s a lot of nitrogen. We should pump it onto Parliament house, to keep the grass roots happy.

I assume the estimate is done by dividing the amount of piss in the tank by an assumed average piss volume, rather than someone hanging around counting the number of users.

Madam Cholet said :

How do they know that 1200 men exactly pissed 225 litres. Is someone standing there with a clicker?

Is it going to be recycled?

Into beer?

ooooh, i wonder if i can wee up and over and into the urinal on the other side.

if it’s vacant, obviously.

Madam Cholet4:42 pm 20 Mar 13

How do they know that 1200 men exactly pissed 225 litres. Is someone standing there with a clicker?

Is it going to be recycled?

Eww. Too much information.

ewww. i am not even particularly prudish but….EWWW! frankly i didn’t need to know the litres of urine collected by these urinals that are essentially plonked in open spaces by the look of the pic

ah, that’s why i don’t venture into civic after dark….gross on so many levels

but does this mean there is usually that many litres on the floor and alleyways….ewwww….never going outside again.

stay classy canberra

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