The Wanaka Community Pool will receive a $298,900 upgrade between April and July, if the Queenstown Lakes District Council approves the budget on Monday.
It is not clear whether the remedial work project would require the pool's closure, as community services general manager Paul Wilson is on annual leave and could not be contacted yesterday.
Lakes Leisure chief executive Fiona McKissock apologised for not being able to clarify that, but said the upgrade would be organised to cause the least disruption to the community.
Any closures would be for the shortest possible time.
The upgrade includes $150,000 on heating and ventilation, $50,000 on floor resealing, and $20,000 on the reception area.
The total construction costs are $242,000, while project management, engineering and consent costs are $24,900.
Further amounts have been set aside for contingencies ($15,000) and a project and construction management margin ($16,914).
Ms McKissock said it was very pleasing that more than 13,000 swimmers had used the pool in the past six months.
She attributed consistently high patronage to the Challenge Wanaka event and new learn-to-swim programmes for schools.
In the absence of statistics from previous years, it was hard to calculate the percentage increase in patrons, she said.
Lakes Leisure took over management last year, after the voluntary management committee asked the council to take control of the asset, built about 25 years ago by a community trust.
The pool used to operate eight months each year but began opening in the winter in 2007, in response to public pressure.
That drove up operating costs.
The pool has long been regarded as past its use-by date and plans have been drawn up for an $11.5 million aquatic centre.
Last year, the swimming public's hopes were dashed when the Queenstown Lakes District Council decided it could not afford a new aquatic centre and dropped it from the 10-year community plan.
Mayor Clive Geddes yesterday confirmed it would still be some years before dreams of a new pool would be realised, but a footprint would be set aside for an aquatic area in Wanaka's sports facility project.
Ms McKissock yesterday confirmed Wanaka pool manager Tim Holden had resigned to travel overseas.
Mr Holden was a popular manager and swimming club coach and he would be missed by the Lakes Leisure team and the community, she said.
