Resources for Residents Last updated December 3, 2018

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Members of your GWW Board of Trustees (BOT)

Welcoming Committee:

Members of this committe are volunteers appointed by the BOT to promote community, especially for new residents.

Members of your GWW Water Board:

This Board oversees our community well water system.

For a downloadable copy of the Water Use guidelines and watering schedule during times of drought, click here.

Join the GWW Neighborhood Watch to improve your safety.

Information about the Neighborhood Directory can be downloaded here.

Discover Hays County Master Naturalists: Learn how to live in our rural setting in a more sustainable and ecofriendly manner, to enjoy the wonderment of our closeness to nature, and to enhance our properties to attract and provide for native flora and fauna. For information please visit www.haysmn.org

Burn Ban info
To learn whether a burn ban is currently in effect for GWW, call the Hays County Sheriff's Department at 512-393-7896. Before burning brush in your yard notify our local Volunteer Fire Department:
Driftwood VFD
15850 FM 1826
512-288-5474
For guidelines on safe burning, download guidelines from the Hays County Fire Marshal.

Fire Safe Landscaping guidelines
All residents should study our volunteer fire department's Fire Safe Landscaping guidelines here. These recommendations may save your home, and those of your neighbors, in the event of serious fire danger.

Recycling
The Hays County Recycling center is located at 20290 FM 150 W at CR 162 (Darden Hill Road) in Driftwood. The phone number is 858-9515 and the facility is open from 8 am to 4 pm daily except for Wednesdays and Sundays. Click here for more information.

Please do not trespass
Residents are advised that power easements are private property, so these areas are not open for public hiking, biking, riding off-road vehicles, etc. The power easements are the strips of land under the power lines which run through several properties at the back of our neighborhood. In the past, children and adults have used these cleared areas for recreation because they didn't realize the land was private. These property owners request that folks please respect their privacy by not trespassing in their back yards.

House numbers
In order for emergency services to quickly locate a residence, our local Driftwood Volunteer Fire Department requests that all residents properly identify their street address, preferably using the Hays County standardized reflective house number sign. A sign may be obtained from the County for $3.00. A form for ordering the sign is available for download here.

Water hardness index number (for residents with a programmable water softener): 33.6 grains

Lost and Found Pets Residents who lose a pet or find a lost (domestic) animal are encouraged to do the following:

Landscape Improvement in public areas
Benefactors wishing to donate to our Landscape Improvement fund may obtain a Sponsorship form here. The completed form, along with donation, should be placed into the GWW POA drop box at the mail station. Sponsors will be acknowledged in the newsletter and on the web site, unless they request otherwise.

Oak wilt information is available on Texas A&M's site here.

Garbage Service
Four providers serve GWW. Recon picks up on Monday, Texas Disposal Systems picks up on Wednesday, and CDS and IESI Austin (MID-TEX Disposal service) pick up on Thursday. Central Disposal Service, Texas Disposal Systems and Recon offer recycling pickup for an additional fee.

Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
For details on WFC events, check out their website at www.wildflower.org. Note: Free admission during the month of January.

Book Lovers group
Participants read the same book and then get together to discuss it. If you are interested in joining us or would like more information, please email the webmaster.

Area Churches