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Employee Benefit Plans (Details 2)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
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Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations      
Discount rate (as a percent) 3.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate 4.90%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingBenefitObligationDiscountRate  
Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit costs      
Discount rate (as a percent) 4.90%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostDiscountRate 4.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostDiscountRate  
Original discount rate (as a percent)     4.80%wts_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedInCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostOriginalDiscountRate
Long-term rate of return on assets (as a percent) 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets 6.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets 6.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets
Guidelines regarding allocation of assets      
Number of companies or government agencies in which the allocation of assets should not exceed 10% of the total fund 1wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationThresholdPercentNumberOfCompaniesOrGovernmentAgencies    
Maximum allocation of assets in the securities of any one company or government agency (as a percent) 10.00%wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfAssetsCompanyOrGovernmentAgencyMaximum    
Maximum allocation of assets in any one industry (as a percent) 20.00%wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfAssetsIndustryMaximum    
Number of industries in which the allocation of assets should be no more than 20% of the total fund 1wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationThresholdPercentNumberOfIndustries    
Individual treasury securities (as a percent) 50.00%wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfAssetsIndividualTreasurySecurities    
Treasury bonds and notes, maximum (as a percent) 100.00%wts_DefinedBenefitPlanTargetAllocationPercentageOfAssetsTreasuryBondsAndNotesMaximum    
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations 100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations  
Equity securities      
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 4.20%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
9.40%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_EquitySecuritiesMember
 
Debt securities      
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 94.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
85.10%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember
 
Other investments      
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 1.80%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= wts_OtherInvestmentMember
5.50%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= wts_OtherInvestmentMember
 
Fixed income securities      
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 95.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= us-gaap_FixedIncomeFundsMember
   
Equity securities and other investments      
Employee Benefit Plans      
Total (as a percent) 5.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
/ us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis
= wts_EquitySecuritiesAndOtherMember