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| **Segment Information [Abstract]** |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   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| Segment Information                | Note 17 – Segment Information

The Company has ten operating segments and one reportable segment.  The Regulated segment, the Company’s single reportable segment, is comprised of eight operating segments representing our water and wastewater regulated utility companies which are organized by the states where we provide water and wastewater services.  These operating segments are aggregated into one reportable segment since each of these operating segments has the following similarities: economic characteristics, nature of services, production processes, customers, water distribution or wastewater collection methods, and the nature of the regulatory environment.

Two operating segments are included within the Other category below.  These segments are not quantitatively significant and are comprised of Aqua Resources and Aqua Infrastructure.  In addition to these segments, Other is comprised of other business activities not included in the reportable segment, including corporate costs that have not been allocated to the Regulated segment and intersegment eliminations.  Corporate costs include general and administrative expenses, and interest expense.

The following table presents information about the Company’s reportable segment:

 

 

 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

						 

						 

						 

2014

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

2013

						 

						 

 

						 

						 

						 

Other and

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Other and

						 

						 

 

						 

Regulated

						 

Eliminations

						 

Consolidated

						 

						 

Regulated

						 

Eliminations

						 

Consolidated

Operating revenues

$

 756,057 

$

 23,846 

$

 779,903 

						 

$

 744,527 

$

 17,366 

$

 761,893 

Operations and maintenance expense

						 

 274,754 

						 

 13,802 

						 

 288,556 

						 

						 

 269,804 

						 

 13,757 

						 

 283,561 

Depreciation

						 

 122,728 

						 

 326 

						 

 123,054 

						 

						 

 118,592 

						 

 (178)

						 

 118,414 

Operating income

						 

 305,333 

						 

 9,026 

						 

 314,359 

						 

						 

 300,779 

						 

 883 

						 

 301,662 

Interest expense, net of AFUDC

						 

 66,972 

						 

 4,291 

						 

 71,263 

						 

						 

 68,560 

						 

 6,481 

						 

 75,041 

Income tax (benefit)

						 

 24,792 

						 

 427 

						 

 25,219 

						 

						 

 24,911 

						 

 (3,678)

						 

 21,233 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

						 

 213,890 

						 

 (6)

						 

 213,884 

						 

						 

 207,509 

						 

 (4,638)

						 

 202,871 

Capital expenditures

						 

 325,943 

						 

 2,662 

						 

 328,605 

						 

						 

 307,032 

						 

 876 

						 

 307,908 

Total assets

						 

 5,195,191 

						 

 211,561 

						 

 5,406,752 

						 

						 

 4,893,573 

						 

 158,244 

						 

 5,051,817 

Goodwill

						 

 24,564 

						 

 6,620 

						 

 31,184 

						 

						 

 24,102 

						 

 4,121 

						 

 28,223 

 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

						 

						 

						 

2012

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

						 

						 

						 

Other and

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

						 

Regulated

						 

Eliminations

						 

Consolidated

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Operating revenues

$

 732,955 

$

 17,730 

$

 750,685 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Operations and maintenance expense

						 

 256,902 

						 

 13,140 

						 

 270,042 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Depreciation

						 

 112,299 

						 

 (1,372)

						 

 110,927 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Operating income

						 

 314,057 

						 

 3,549 

						 

 317,606 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Interest expense, net of AFUDC

						 

 66,882 

						 

 6,733 

						 

 73,615 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Income tax (benefit)

						 

 65,974 

						 

 (754)

						 

 65,220 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Income from continuing operations

						 

 181,622 

						 

 215 

						 

 181,837 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Capital expenditures

						 

 345,789 

						 

 1,309 

						 

 347,098 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Total assets

						 

 4,561,925 

						 

 296,592 

						 

 4,858,517 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

Goodwill

						 

 24,031 

						 

 4,121 

						 

 28,152 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

						 

 

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The entire disclosure for reporting segments including data and tables. Reportable segments include those that meet any of the following quantitative thresholds a) it's reported revenue, including sales to external customers and intersegment sales or transfers is 10 percent or more of the combined revenue, internal and external, of all operating segments b) the absolute amount of its reported profit or loss is 10 percent or more of the greater, in absolute amount of 1) the combined reported profit of all operating segments that did not report a loss or 2) the combined reported loss of all operating segments that did report a loss c) its assets are 10 percent or more of the combined assets of all operating segments.
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