New Jersey American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

California American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Illinois American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

West Virginia American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Missouri American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Pennsylvania American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Virginia American Water We Keep Life Flowing

Indiana American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Iowa American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Kentucky American Water | We Keep Life Flowing

Lists (e.g., `<ul>` or `<ol>`) should only contain list items (`<li>`) as a direct descendant 
to ensure that screen readers can accurately report the amount of items contained in the list. 

## Example

In the following example, some screen readers would say this list has two items, instead of 
four: 

```html
<ul>
    <div class="some_class">
        <li>Example 1</li>
    </div>
    <div class="some_other_class">
        <li>Example 2</li>
        <li>Example 3</li>
        <li>Example 4</li>
    </div>
</ul>
```

To fix this, you would need to remove the `<div class="some_class">` and 
`<div class="some_other_class>` elements and ensure only `<li>` list items remain.

## Further reading

The [formal specification for the list element](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/ul)
shows what is and is not permitted inside an `<ul>` and `<ol>`.

See [Technique H88](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/H88.html) for more information.

list-not-following-semantics

January 2026

December 2025

American Water Works Company Inc

Title / URL	Issues
New Jersey American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/njaw/	66
California American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/caaw/	66
Illinois American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/ilaw/	66
West Virginia American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/wvaw/	66
Missouri American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/moaw/	60
Pennsylvania American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/paaw/	60
Virginia American Water We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/vaaw/	57
Indiana American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/inaw/	56
Iowa American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/iaaw/	55
Kentucky American Water \| We Keep Life Flowingamwater.com/kyaw/	54

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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Where this issue has occurred