Your water | Wessex Water

Bills and accounts | Wessex Water

Hydrant misuse | Wessex Water

How to check for leaks | Wessex Water

Help with leaks | Wessex Water

Your bill | Wessex Water

404 page | Wessex Water

No water | Wessex Water

Wessex Water

Flooding | Wessex Water

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.

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December 2024

Title / URL	Issues
Your water \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/your-water	5
Bills and accounts \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/bills-and-accounts	5
Hydrant misuse \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/emergencies/hydrant-misuse	5
How to check for leaks \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/your-water/checking-for-leaks	5
Help with leaks \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/your-water/leaks	5
Your bill \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/bills-and-accounts/your-bill	5
404 page \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/invented-url-for-404-page	5
No water \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/your-water/no-water	5
Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/	5
Flooding \| Wessex Waterwww.wessexwater.co.uk/your-wastewater/flooding	5

Ensure lists are marked up correctly

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