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EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS [Abstract] |
Schedule of Benefit Obligations and Funded Status |
Benefit Obligations and Funded Status |  |  |
In thousands |  | Year Ended |
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Change in Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation |  |  |  |  |  |
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at the Beginning of the Year |  | $ | 724 |  |  | $ | 678 |
Service Cost |  |  | --- |  |  |  | --- |
Interest Cost |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | 35 |
Actuarial (Gain) or Loss |  |  | 130 |  |  |  | 123 |
Benefits Paid |  |  | (125 | ) |  |  | (117 | )
Plan Participant's Contributions |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |
Accumulated Postretirement Benefit Obligation at the End of the Year |  |  | 764 |  |  |  | 724 |
Change in Plan Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair Value of Plan Assets at the Beginning of the Year |  |  | --- |  |  |  | --- |
Benefits Paid |  |  | (125 | ) |  |  | (117 | )
Employer Contributions |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | 112 |
Plan Participant's Contributions |  |  | 5 |  |  |  | 5 |
Fair Value of Assets at the End of the Year |  |  | --- |  |  |  | --- |
Net Amount Recognized |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Funded Status |  |  | (764 | ) |  |  | (723 | )
Unrecognized Transition Obligation Asset |  |  | 9 |  |  |  | 17 |
Unrecognized Net Gain or Loss |  |  | 258 |  |  |  | 139 |
Net Amount Recognized: |  |  | (497 | ) |  |  | (567 | )
Amounts Recognized in the Statement of Financial Position |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accrued Benefit Liability-Current |  |  | (123 | ) |  |  | (112 | )
Accrued Benefit Liability-Noncurrent |  |  | (374 | ) |  |  | (455 | )
Net Amount Recognized |  | $ | (497 | ) |  | $ | (567 | )
Weighted Average Assumptions at the End of the Year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Discount Rate |  |  | 4.00 | % |  |  | 4.50 | %
Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Health Care Cost Trend Rate Assumed for Next Year |  |  | 6.00 | % |  |  | 7.00 | %
Ultimate Rate |  |  | 3.50 | % |  |  | 3.50 | %
Year that the Ultimate Rate is Reached |  |  | 2016 |  |  |  | 2016 |
Schedule of Impact of One-percentage-point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates |
Impact of One-Percentage-Point Change in Assumed Health Care Cost Trend Rates |
|  | Increase |  |  | Decrease |
Effect on Service Cost & Interest Cost |  | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | (1 | )
Effect on Postretirement Benefit Obligation |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | (26 | )
Annual Benefits Expected to be Paid | Contributions Artesian Water expects to contribute $123,300 to its postretirement benefit plan in 2013. The following table represents the approximate annual benefits expected to be paid for the years ended December 31:
In thousands |  | Other Benefits |
2013 |  | $ | 123 |
2014 |  |  | 115 |
2015 |  |  | 105 |
2016 |  |  | 94 |
2017 |  |  | 83 |
2018 through 2022 |  |  | 271 |
|  | $ | 791 |

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