Accessibility

Accessibility conformance status

Open the Watershed is committed to accessibility and strives to ensure its services are accessible to the broadest circle of people, including those with disabilities. Open the Watershed is working to conform to the principles of the World Wide Web Consortium’s Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) 2.1 Level AA.

Accessibility feedback

Accessibility is powered by your willingness to share your experience on our site. If you have any specific questions, concerns, or general feedback about the accessibility of the content on our website, please contact us. Please be sure to specify the page/URL of concern, and we will get back to you in a timely manner.

Technical specifications

The accessibility of Open the Watershed relies on the following technologies:

  • HTML
  • WAI-ARIA
  • CSS
  • JavaScript

Accessibility features

Open the Watershed reaches beyond compliance, providing usability improvements that benefit all users including those that rely on assistive technology. Accessibility features on our website include and are not limited to:

  • Sufficient color contrast
  • Alternative text
  • Form labels
  • Video captions
  • Text-only zoom
  • Keyboard accessibility

Accessibility evaluation

This website is continuously tested with a robust, internal accessibility program using both manual and automated testing techniques. To help ensure that all people have the same experience on our website, it has also been tested and reviewed by disabled individuals using various assistive technology.

Technology is constantly evolving, and new techniques to implement web accessibility are increasingly available. We will continue to review our website and apply additional accessibility as needed.