| **Revenue Recognition (Narrative) (Details)**          | 3 Months Ended |
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| **Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]** |           |
| Categories                                             | 3              |
| Aqua Infrastructure [Member]                           |           |
| **Schedule of Equity Method Investments [Line Items]** |           |
| Ownership percentage                                   | 49.00%         |

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| - Definition
The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.
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| - Definition
Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.
+ References
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| - Definition
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Number of Categories
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