Accessibility
This site should work if you navigate by keyboard, read it with a screen reader, zoom to 200%, or need more contrast than most sites give you. Where it falls short we would rather hear about it and fix it than have you work around it.
What we target
The standard we build to is WCAG 2.1 Level AA. That is the reference most courts, procurement rules, and settlements use, and it is specific enough to test against rather than aspire to.
What is in place
- Every page is real HTML with a single top-level heading and headings that descend in order — no levels skipped to get a font size.
- A skip link jumps past the navigation to the content on every page.
- Every form field has a label that is programmatically attached to it, not just placed near it. Placeholders are never the only label.
- Validation messages and confirmations are announced to screen readers, not only shown visually.
- Body text meets or exceeds the 4.5:1 contrast requirement; the blue used for links and buttons sits at 9.2:1 on our background, and the red used for figures at 4.6:1.
- Nothing depends on colour alone. Errors, statuses, and cost tiers all carry text.
- Data tables have real header cells and captions, so a screen reader can announce which column a number belongs to.
- The page works without JavaScript for reading. The calculators need it; the guides, cost tables, and contact route do not.
- No autoplaying audio or video, no carousels, no content that moves on its own, and no time limits on any form.
- Animation respects your operating system's reduced-motion setting.
- The site sets no cookies, so nothing pops up asking you to dismiss a banner before you can read.
What we know is imperfect
Stating this plainly rather than claiming full conformance, because claiming more than is true is its own problem.
- The 3D tank illustration on the homepage and the interactive cutaway diagram are visual by nature. Both carry text descriptions and every fact they show is written out in the guides, but the illustrations themselves are not explorable with a screen reader.
- The county maps are images with text alternatives naming what they show. The underlying figures are in the tables beside them, which is the accessible route to the same data.
- We have not had an independent audit. What is described here is our own testing, and automated tools only catch a fraction of real problems.
What we do not use
We do not install an accessibility overlay — the kind of widget that adds a floating icon offering high-contrast or larger-text modes. They do not fix underlying problems, they interfere with the screen reader and browser settings people already have configured, and the organisations that represent screen reader users have asked sites not to use them. Building the page correctly is the only version of this that works.
Tell us if something does not work
If any part of this site is unusable for you, email contact@removethetank.com and say which page and what happened. A person here reads every message and replies within one business day. If a page is blocking you from something you need, say so and we will get you the information another way in the meantime — you should not have to wait for a fix to get an answer about your tank.