Accessibility statement

A cost-transparency site that some readers cannot operate has failed at transparency. We aim for WCAG 2.1 AA and build toward it with specifics rather than adjectives:

What is built in

Semantic structure — real headings in order, landmark regions, breadcrumb navigation, and a skip-to-content target on every page. Keyboard-operable tools — the calculators use native controls (sliders, selects, checkboxes, real buttons with aria-pressed state), so everything a mouse can do, Tab and Enter can do. Charts that speak — every SVG chart carries role="img" and a written description of what it shows, and the figures in every chart also appear in the surrounding text or attribution line, so no number lives only in pixels. Readable by default — a high-contrast palette, no text over images, no autoplaying anything, no motion effects, and layouts that reflow to small screens without horizontal scrolling. Nothing to fight — no popups, no interstitials, no cookie banners (because no cookies), no countdown timers.

Known limits, stated honestly

This is a hand-built site and we test with tooling and keyboards, not yet with a formal third-party audit — so “AA” is the standard we build against, not a certificate we hold. The interactive calculators announce their results as text, but some update announcements may not be surfaced by every screen-reader and browser pairing; the underlying figures always exist in the page text as a fallback. If you rely on assistive technology and something here is harder than it should be, that is exactly the feedback we want most.

Report a barrier

Use the contact page (topic: Bug) or email us directly, and tell us the page, your browser, and your assistive technology if any. Accessibility reports are treated like corrections — which on this site is the highest priority a message can have.

Effective July 2026 · SoftWaterSystemCost, 1635 S Ridgewood Ave 2nd Floor, Ste 201, Daytona Beach, FL 32119.