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Commitments (Details) $ in Thousands | 9 Months Ended |
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Sep. 30, 2020 USD ($) ServiceLine | Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Company-Owned Lead Service Lines [Member] |  |
Commitments [Abstract] |  |
Term to replace all remaining company-owned lead service lines | 4 years |
Costs incurred to replace company-owned lead service lines | $ 2,734 | $ 2,713
Customer-Owned Lead Service Lines [Member] |  |
Commitments [Abstract] |  |
Number of lead customer-owned service lines to be replaced annually | ServiceLine | 400 |
Term of tariff modification to replace customer-owned lead service lines | 9 years |
Recovery period of regulatory asset | 4 years |
Costs incurred to replace customer-owned lead service lines | $ 1,174 | $ 1,000
Costs to be incurred to replace customer-owned lead service lines | 1,400 |
Water Purification and Distribution and Wastewater Collection and Treatment Assets for Amblebrook Development [Member] |  |
Commitments [Abstract] |  |
Capital expenditures committed | $ 6,000 |

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