| Standard label: | Water Distribution [Member] | 
| Name: | us-gaap:WaterDistributionMember | 
| Documentation: | System used for the primary purpose of distributing water to the consumer. | 
| Object type: | cm:Member | 
| Data type: | [Member] (nonnum:domainItemType) | 
| Period type: | For Period (duration) | 
| Balance type: | (no balance type) | 
| Abstract: | true | 
| Workiva Wdesk Taxonomy Analyzer: | us-gaap:WaterDistributionMember | 
| Label | Role | Language | 
| Water Distribution [Member] | http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/label | en-US | 
| Reference | Role | Topic | 
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 210 10 S99 1 | http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef | 210 | 
| FASB Accounting Standards Codification 980 360 S99 1 (SAB Topic 10.C) | http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef | 980 |