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SEGMENT REPORTING, Corporate Assets (Details) - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2018 | Aug. 31, 2017
Corporate assets [Abstract] |  |
Total wholesale water and wastewater services assets | $ 62,409,509 | $ 69,787,572
Total land development activities assets | 9,497,106 | 0
Total assets | 71,906,615 | 69,787,572
Wholesale Water and Wastewater Services [Member] |  |
Corporate assets [Abstract] |  |
Total wholesale water and wastewater services assets | 36,721,884 | 34,575,713
Additions to assets | 2,900,000 | 6,900,000
Other Water and Wastewater [Member] |  |
Corporate assets [Abstract] |  |
Total wholesale water and wastewater services assets | 25,687,625 | 35,211,859
Assets reclassified | (4,800,000) |
Land Development Activities [Member] |  |
Corporate assets [Abstract] |  |
Total land development activities assets | 9,497,106 | 0
Additions to assets | 4,700,000 | 900,000
Assets reclassified | 4,800,000 |
Other Land Development [Member] |  |
Corporate assets [Abstract] |  |
Total land development activities assets | $ 0 | $ 0

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