Terms of Service

Water Utility Report publishes informational content about U.S. drinking water utilities, derived from official government datasets. The site and its content are provided for personal, non-commercial, informational use. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the site for that purpose, subject to these Terms.

Detailed rules on citing, linking to, and reproducing our content are covered in our Legal & Usage Boundaries page, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

When using this site, you agree not to:

• Use the site for any unlawful purpose or in violation of any applicable local, state, national, or international law
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the site, its servers, or any connected systems
• Interfere with or disrupt the site's operation, including through excessive automated requests, denial-of-service attempts, or circumventing rate limits
• Scrape, crawl, or harvest site content at scale in a way that places material load on our infrastructure or that is inconsistent with our robots.txt directives
• Misrepresent our data, or present modified versions of our content as unmodified original Water Utility Report content
• Use the site to transmit malware or any other harmful code
• Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with a person or entity

We may suspend or terminate your access to the site, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful to the site or other users.

The Water Utility Report name, logo, site design, original written content — including summaries, FAQs, editorial framing, and analysis — are the property of Water Utility Report or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. The underlying factual data sourced from U.S. government agencies is not subject to copyright, as described in our Legal & Usage Boundaries page. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of any Water Utility Report intellectual property to you.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Water Utility Report and its operators from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the site.

Third-Party Links & Content

The site may link to third-party websites, government agencies, or resources that are not owned or controlled by Water Utility Report. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or practices of any third-party sites. Inclusion of a link does not imply endorsement.

We may revise these Terms from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a revised “Last updated” date above. Continued use of the site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the site shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.