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Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Operating revenue	$ 319,668us-gaap_RegulatedOperatingRevenue	$ 276,869us-gaap_RegulatedOperatingRevenue	$ 261,547us-gaap_RegulatedOperatingRevenue
Production Expenses:
Purchased water	47,280us-gaap_CostOfPurchasedWater	63,225us-gaap_CostOfPurchasedWater	66,106us-gaap_CostOfPurchasedWater
Power	9,865us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpensePurchasedPower	7,619us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpensePurchasedPower	5,796us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpensePurchasedPower
Groundwater extraction charges	53,678sjw_GroundwaterExtractionCharges	37,927sjw_GroundwaterExtractionCharges	23,940sjw_GroundwaterExtractionCharges
Other production expenses	11,929us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseOther	12,073us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseOther	11,445us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseOther
Total production expenses	122,752us-gaap_WaterProductionCosts	120,844us-gaap_WaterProductionCosts	107,287us-gaap_WaterProductionCosts
Administrative and general	40,573us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	43,714us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense	42,812us-gaap_GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Maintenance	14,474us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseMaintenance	13,548us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseMaintenance	13,350us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseMaintenance
Property taxes and other non-income taxes	11,086us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseTaxes	10,317us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseTaxes	9,703us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseTaxes
Depreciation and amortization	37,905us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization	35,039us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization	33,098us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpenseDepreciationAndAmortization
Total operating expense	226,790us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpense	223,462us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpense	206,250us-gaap_UtilitiesOperatingExpense
Operating income	92,878us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	53,407us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	55,297us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other (expense) income:
Interest on long-term debt	(19,423)us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt	(18,667)us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt	(18,662)us-gaap_InterestExpenseDebt
Mortgage and other interest expense	(1,365)us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther	(1,255)us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther	(1,523)us-gaap_InterestExpenseOther
Gain on sale of California Water Service Group stock	2,017us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossNet	0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossNet	0us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesGrossRealizedGainLossNet
Gain on sale of real estate investment	554us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperties	1,063us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperties	910us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfProperties
Dividend income	189us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend	246us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend	243us-gaap_InvestmentIncomeDividend
Other, net	1,927us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	1,725us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense	1,595us-gaap_OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes	76,777us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	36,519us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	37,860us-gaap_IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Provision for income taxes	24,971us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	14,135us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	15,542us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income	51,806us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	22,384us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	22,318us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Other comprehensive income:
Unrealized income on investment, net of taxes of $208 in 2014, $741 in 2013 and $0 in 2012	301us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	1,077us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax	36us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeUnrealizedHoldingGainLossOnSecuritiesArisingDuringPeriodNetOfTax
Reclassification adjustment for gain realized on investment, net of taxes of $805 in 2014	1,171us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax	0us-gaap_OtherComprehensiveIncomeLossReclassificationAdjustmentFromAOCIForSaleOfSecuritiesNetOfTax
Comprehensive income	$ 50,936us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	$ 23,461us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax	$ 22,354us-gaap_ComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTax
Earnings per share
—Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 2.56us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.13us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 1.20us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
—Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 2.54us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.12us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 1.18us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted average shares outstanding
—Basic (shares)	20,227,297us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	19,774,589us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic	18,635,206us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
—Diluted (shares)	20,416,734us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	19,971,236us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding	18,839,231us-gaap_WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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