Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015 segment item
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Number of business segments \| segment	3
Number of towns to which water service is provided	3
Number of communities provided natural gas distribution	48

Number of segments reported by the entity. A reportable segment is a component of an entity for which there is an accounting requirement to report separate financial information on that component in the entity's financial statements.

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Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration