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SUBSEQUENT EVENT	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017
SUBSEQUENT EVENT [Abstract]
SUBSEQUENT EVENT	NOTE 11 - SUBSEQUENT EVENT The Company's First Mortgage Bond, Series P, or the Series P Bond, principal amount $25 million with interest rate of  6.58% is due to expire on January 31, 2018.  It is the Company's intent to refinance the Series P Bond prior to expiration.  On October 10, 2017, Artesian Water and CoBank, ACB, or CoBank entered into a letter agreement, or the Letter Agreement, confirming the forward setting of a fixed interest rate related to the refinance of the Series P Bond.  The fixed amount in the Letter Agreement is $25 million.  The fixed annual interest rate, to be available to the Company until January 31, 2018, through January 31, 2038, is set at an annual interest rate of 4.71%.  Interest will be payable on the 30th of each April, July, October and January, with the final payment due on January 31, 2038.

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The entire disclosure for significant events or transactions that occurred after the balance sheet date through the date the financial statements were issued or the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Examples include: the sale of a capital stock issue, purchase of a business, settlement of litigation, catastrophic loss, significant foreign exchange rate changes, loans to insiders or affiliates, and transactions not in the ordinary course of business.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 855
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122774

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