Community lobbying saw the pool opened for extended hours over the 2010/11 season and a review to be presented to Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC) on June 28 states 6421 visits were recorded at the pool from January to March of this year compared to 6211 during the same period in 2010.

The month of December was not counted for comparison as the pool opened three weeks late due to construction of a new balance tank and did not operate for the full month.

But only "small numbers" of people made use of the extended hours, the council report states.

"There were no employment-savings realised through the three week delay in opening as the staff had already been recruited and were required to prepare the site to open," the report said.

"There were no significant additional revenues received to offset the additional costs.

"As a result of the additional staffing costs, the cost per additional visit for the 2010/11 season has been calculated at $82 per person."

The report recommends councillors vote to switch the pool back to its former opening hours, which would see it close between 10am and 3pm on school days and open three hours later on weekends and public holidays, saving about $17,500.

Councillors will decide on the opening hours at the June 28 meeting.