Accessibility statement

Our commitment

A public website belongs to the public. A groundwater agency has to reach everyone inside its boundary — growers, residents, domestic well owners, seniors, neighbors whose first language isn’t English. That means the website has to work for people using screen readers, keyboards, high-contrast modes, and small mobile screens.

We’re targeting WCAG 2.1 AA, the standard most public agencies follow. Every update to this site is checked against that standard before it goes live.

What that means in practice

• Keyboard-accessible. Every interactive element can be reached and operated using only a keyboard.
• Screen-reader friendly. Headings are structured hierarchically; images have descriptive alternative text; forms have associated labels.
• Sufficient contrast. Body text meets the 4.5:1 minimum contrast ratio.
• Accessible PDFs. PDFs posted on the site are OCR-tagged and reviewed for screen-reader accessibility before they go live.
• Mobile-first. The site is designed and tested on small screens first.
• Automated checks. Accessibility checks run before every deploy.

Known limitations

Some third-party content — like the interactive ArcGIS map — is built by outside vendors and doesn’t always meet the same standard. We’re working with those vendors to improve.

Older scanned documents (pre-2020) may not be fully OCR-tagged. If you need an older document made accessible, contact us and we’ll prioritize tagging it.