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Page not found - Southern Water: Water for life, Water and wastewater services for Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

Beachbuoy

Your Account - Southern Water

Keep It Clear

Quick Submit meter read - Southern Water

Education for schools

Southern Water: Water and wastewater services for the South East

Developing and building services

All you should need to know about leaks

All interactive components on a page, such as buttons or menus, should be far enough apart 
from other interactive areas, to avoid them being used by mistake. 

This ensures people with motor impairments can easily click or tap on the right element.

## Methodology

This check is run on both the mobile and desktop versions of every page. Results
for each may differ.

1. All interactive elements are identified, including buttons, links, and form controls.
2. If an element is not normally visible, it is ignored. This includes elements which
   are positioned offscreen or cropped (e.g. for 'screen-reader only' text).
3. If an element is larger than 24 CSS pixels in both dimensions, it passes.
4. Otherwise, the element is compared to all other elements on the page.
5. The minimum horizontal gap between the element is calculated as 24 CSS pixels,  
   minus the width of the element.
6. The minimum vertical gap between the element is calculated as 24 CSS pixels,  
   minus the height of the element.
7. If another element falls within the minimum horizontal or vertical gap, the 
   element fails, unless both are links that point to the same place.

## Further reading

This is part of the draft WCAG 2.2 specification and is subject to change.

* [Target Size (Minimum)](https://w3c.github.io/wcag/understanding/target-size-minimum.html)

ensure-minimum-target-size

January 2025

December 2024

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Title / URL	Issues
Works or issues in my area \| South East \| Southern Waterwww.southernwater.co.uk/help-advice/works-or-issues-in-my-area	9
Page not found - Southern Water: Water for life, Water and wastewater services for Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wightwww.southernwater.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	4
Beachbuoywww.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/beachbuoy	3
Your Account - Southern Waterwww.southernwater.co.uk/your-account/login	2
Keep It Clearwww.southernwater.co.uk/help-advice/keep-it-clear	2
Quick Submit meter read - Southern Waterwww.southernwater.co.uk/submit-meter-read	2
Education for schoolswww.southernwater.co.uk/water-for-life/education	2
Southern Water: Water and wastewater services for the South Eastwww.southernwater.co.uk/	2
Developing and building serviceswww.southernwater.co.uk/developing	2
All you should need to know about leakswww.southernwater.co.uk/help-advice/leaks	2

Ensure interactive components are far enough apart

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