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Perhaps Ian York's thought experiment is the best argument against the use of such a chemical;

"It seems to me that such a chemical would not be *technically* impossible to make, but the best argument against one actually being used was made a while back by the ever-elegant and suave E Wank Irk: Let's say that you're a public pool owner. You put this chemical in the pool. About five minutes after you open your pool on the first day somebody pees in the pool (let's face it, we've all done it). So now everybody jumps out of the pool saying 'bleeeughghg, your pool is full of pee and is also coloured a disgusting shade of blue. If you think I'm going in that pool, you've got another think coming matey' and buggers off somewhere else. You've now got to dump the bazillion gallons of water in your olympic sized swimming pool, clean it, fill it up again before you can have any more customers."

It's just about as bad with a private pool. 'Since it's such a lovely evening, why don't we have a drink round the pool', 'Oh, you mean the piss infested one out there?'

Debunked: Special chemical for swim pools, turns bright color on contact with urine.

While chemicals do exist that would be able to do this they would be impractical for this type of use. The amount of chemicals that would be necessary, their cost and toxicity all argue against it. Additionally those companies that sell pool chemicals certainly do not list such a chemical.

References:

• California Hard Times