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Brookhaven reports big jump in pool use and plans reusable swim-diaper requirement after fewer contamination incidents
Summary
Aquatics supervisor Julie Dobbs told the council that pool entries rose to about 61,000 in 2025 from 42,000 in 2024, contamination incidents fell from 11 to 5, and staff plan to require reusable swim diapers and expand programming after new weather stations and partnerships improved safety and access.
Julie Dobbs, the city’s aquatic supervisor, told the Brookhaven City Council at a work session that the parks and recreation department recorded about 61,000 pool entries during the 2025 season, up from roughly 42,000 in 2024, and described a suite of operational changes she says improved safety and access.
The increase in attendance coincided with a staff push on customer service, additional lifeguards and extra police patrols at high-use locations, Dobbs said. “This season we had 61,000 people come through the pool gates,” she said, noting that the city added lifeguards and used clearer signage to explain policies to patrons.
Dobbs emphasized a drop in contamination events,…
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