Segment Information

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Segment Information [Abstract]

Segment Information

Note 12 Segment Information

The Company has identified twelve operating segments and has one reportable segment named the "Regulated" segment. The reportable segment is comprised of ten operating segments for the Company's water and wastewater regulated utility companies which are organized by the states where we provide these services. In addition, two segments are not quantitatively significant to be reportable and are comprised of the businesses that provide on-site septic tank pumping, sludge hauling services and certain other non-regulated water and wastewater services, and serving the clean water needs of firms in the shale oil and gas exploration industry. These segments are included as a component of "Other" in the tables below. Also included in "Other" are corporate costs that have not been allocated to the Regulated segment and intersegment eliminations.

The following table presents the Company's segment information for its continuing operations:

	Three Months Ended							Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2012							June 30, 2011
	Regulated		Other			Consolidated		Regulated		Other			Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	193,482	$	4,722		$	198,204	$	175,040	$	3,273		$	178,313
Operations and maintenance expense		64,225		2,755			66,980		63,784		2,981			66,765
Depreciation		29,014		(318	)		28,696		27,065		(515	)		26,550
Operating income		86,563		1,832			88,395		72,222		401			72,623
Interest expense, net of AFUDC		17,227		1,067			18,294		16,463		1,149			17,612
Income tax expense (benefit)		27,784		3			27,787		18,939		(385	)		18,554
Income (loss) from continuing operations		41,616		1,011			42,627		36,843		(248	)		36,595

	Six Months Ended							Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2012							June 30, 2011
	Regulated		Other			Consolidated		Regulated		Other			Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	359,907	$	8,541		$	368,448	$	335,696	$	6,232		$	341,928
Operations and maintenance expense		129,547		5,698			135,245		125,920		4,576			130,496
Depreciation		56,928		(637	)		56,291		53,682		(856	)		52,826
Operating income		149,084		2,390			151,474		132,034		1,509			133,543
Interest expense, net of AFUDC		34,152		2,046			36,198		32,821		2,170			34,991
Income tax expense (benefit)		46,372		(626	)		45,746		32,060		(490	)		31,570
Income (loss) from continuing operations		68,810		1,475			70,285		67,251		(10	)		67,241
Capitalexpenditures		171,046		378			171,424		140,399		877			141,276

	June 30,		December 31,
	2012		2011
Total assets:
Regulated	$	4,211,877	$	4,186,639
Other and eliminations		208,370		161,781
Consolidated	$	4,420,247	$	4,348,420

Included within the Company's regulated segment total assets for June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are total assets of discontinued operations of $504 and $172,238, respectively.