University students in England encouraged to pee in shower to save water

NORWICH, England, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Univeristy of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, England has two students, Debs Torr and Chris Dobson, with a controversial idea for saving water. Their Go with the Flow campaign is recommending that all 15,000 students at the university urinate in the shower.

Dobson, a 20-year-old, said the project could "save enough water to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool 26 times" per year, the BBC reports. Him and Torr are representing the UEA in the Npower Future Leaders Challenge, which is an event meant to drive students to come up with environmental initiatives. Students who decide to get involved in the challenge will be encouraged to "pledge their allegiance" on Facebook and Twitter.

As for if it's sanitary or not, including in the case of public showers, the students have done their research on that too. "As long as the water is flowing there is no hygiene risk as urine is sterile but we would encourage that every person using the same shower consents to the challenge and if not that they don't take part," Dobson said.