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Texas Water Alliance Limited (Notes) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract] |
Texas Water Alliance Limited | Texas Water Alliance Limited On February 22, 2016, SJW Corp. entered into a purchase and sale agreement with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (“GBRA”), pursuant to which SJW Corp. agreed to sell all of its equity interests in its wholly-owned subsidiary Texas Water Alliance Limited to GBRA for $31,000 in cash. Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement, (i) upon closing of the transaction, GBRA will hold back $3,000 in the payment of the total purchase price and (ii) such holdback amount, subject to reductions under certain circumstances, shall be paid to SJW Corp. four years following the closing. The purchase and sale agreement is subject to specified closing conditions, including without limitation the completion of a financing by GBRA to fund the purchase price.

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