Accessibility Statement

Creek Team OC is committed to ensuring our website is accessible to everyone, including people with disabilities. Accessibility is part of how we protect and connect our community, and we treat it as an ongoing responsibility rather than a one-time task.

Conformance target

We aim to conform to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2, Level AA — the standard referenced by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and widely adopted by public agencies and nonprofits.

How we test

We evaluate this site using a combination of methods, because automated tools alone catch only a portion of accessibility barriers:

• Automated scanning with axe-core (the engine behind axe DevTools) and Google Lighthouse across every page.
• Manual code review of the site’s templates, styles, and JavaScript against each relevant WCAG 2.2 success criterion.
• Keyboard and screen-reader testing of the interactive features, including the spray-report form and the events calendar.

Our most recent full audit and remediation pass was completed on July 17, 2026. As of that date, our automated scans report no outstanding violations on the pages in scope, and the manually identified barriers from our audit have been remediated.

📋 Read the full accessibility audit & remediation record → — a dated, page-by-page record of every issue found, how it was fixed, and the independent axe-core, Lighthouse, and WAVE results (before and after).

Measures we have taken

Recent improvements include a “skip to main content” link, a text version of the events calendar (previously an image only), corrected heading structure, stronger color contrast throughout, underlined in-content links, accessible names and keyboard operation for the spray-map report form, and clearer focus indicators on form fields.

Known limitations

Despite our efforts, some areas rely on third-party components we do not fully control. We disclose them here and provide alternatives:

• Interactive spray map. The map uses the Leaflet mapping library. Some of Leaflet’s built-in controls (zoom buttons, attribution links) may not fully meet our contrast and labeling goals. As alternatives, the report form includes a keyboard-operable waterway selector, and all verified reports are also available as a text table below the map.
• Volunteer sign-up form. Volunteer registration uses an embedded Google Form, whose internal accessibility is controlled by Google. If you have any trouble with it, you can email us instead and we will sign you up.
• Printable calendar. The monthly calendar image is provided for printing; the same events are always listed as accessible text on the same page.

Give us feedback

If you encounter any accessibility barrier on this site — or if any of the above limitations prevents you from doing something — please tell us so we can help and fix it:

Email: creekteamoc@gmail.com

Please include the page address and a short description of the problem. We aim to respond within five business days and to work with you on an accessible alternative in the meantime.

Ongoing process

Creek Team OC is a small, volunteer-run nonprofit, and we treat accessibility as a continual commitment rather than a one-time certification. The web platform — browsers, assistive technologies, and the third-party tools we embed — changes constantly, so we test and maintain the site on an ongoing basis. This statement is a living document: we re-run our accessibility checklist after any significant change and at least once a year, and update the audit date above accordingly. We are committed to meeting WCAG 2.2 Level AA across the site, and to promptly resolving any barrier you report to us.

This statement was last reviewed on July 17, 2026.