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Commitments and Contingent Liabilities (Schedule of Purchased Water Costs) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Purchased Water
Treated	$ 793	$ 770
Untreated	870	861
Total Costs	$ 1,663	$ 1,631

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Cost of water purchased, may include any water related assessment. If water is bought on a unit volume basis, would also be considered as commodity costs.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120395209&loc=SL114868664-224227

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