Swim togs and goggles will soon be swapped for gumboots and overalls at the Wanaka Recreation Centre (WRC) when its aquatic facilities undergo a deep clean and preventative maintenance.

All three pools will close temporarily from July 24 to August 1 to allow staff and specialist contractors to complete the work, which does not affect the indoor courts or other facilities at WRC which will remain open as normal.

All memberships will be suspended to compensate for the closure. Members can continue to use Alpine Aqualand (Queenstown Events Centre) as normal as per the terms of their membership contract.

Queenstown Lakes District Council (QLDC) sport and recreation manager Simon Battrick said the timing had been chosen to minimise the impact on pool users.

“We’ll be open with daily activities for all but the last weekend of the winter school holidays and then our regular aquatic programmes, including QLDC Swim School, will restart in the second week of term three,” he said.

The nine-day closure is the minimum duration required to shut down all plants and completely drain the lap, learners’ and adult hot pools before refilling, treating and heating the pool water once the work has been completed.

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