INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Schedule of intangible assets that will continue to be amortized and those not amortized

			2011						2010
	Weighted Average Amortization Period
			Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
Amortized intangible assets:
Hawthorne lease		—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	6,515	$	6,463	$	52
Water pumping rights		usage		1,084		14		1,070		1,084		14		1,070
Water planning studies		12		11,087		3,413		7,674		11,066		2,812		8,254
Leasehold improvements and other		22		1,086		345		741		2,252		1,747		505
Total		14	$	13,257	$	3,772	$	9,485	$	20,917	$	11,036	$	9,881
Unamortized intangible assets:
Perpetual water rights and other			$	3,229		—	$	3,229	$	3,221		—	$	3,221