Goodwill and Intangible Assets

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Intangible Assets [Text Block]

GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The aggregate carrying amount of goodwill was $149.9 million as of September 30, 2017 ($131.2 million as of December 31, 2016). Changes to goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, relate to U.S. Water Services’ acquisition of Tonka Water and the finalization of purchase price accounting for U.S. Water Services’ acquisition of WEST.

Balances of intangible assets, net, excluding goodwill as of September 30, 2017, are as follows:



	December 31, 2016		Additions (a)		Amortization	September 30, 2017
Millions
Intangible Assets
Definite-Lived Intangible Assets
Customer Relationships	$59.3		—		$(3.4)		$55.9
Developed Technology and Other (b)	6.3			$0.9	(0.7)	6.5
Total Definite-Lived Intangible Assets	65.6		0.9		(4.1)	62.4
Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets
Trademarks and Trade Names	16.6		—		n/a	16.6
Total Intangible Assets		$82.2		$0.9	$(4.1)		$79.0


(a)	Additions resulting from the September 1, 2017, acquisition of Tonka Water. (See Note 3. Acquisitions.)


(b)	Developed Technology and Other includes patents, non-compete agreements, land easements and trade names.

Customer relationships have a remaining useful life of approximately 20 years, and developed technology and other have remaining useful lives ranging from approximately 1 year to approximately 11 years (weighted average of approximately 7 years). The weighted average remaining useful life of all definite-lived intangible assets as of September 30, 2017, is approximately 19 years.

NOTE 4. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Continued)

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $1.3 million and $4.1 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively ($1.3 million and $3.8 million for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2016, respectively). Accumulated amortization was $13.4 million as of September 30, 2017 ($9.3 million as of December 31, 2016). The estimated amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets for the remainder of 2017 is $1.5 million. Estimated annual amortization expense for definite-lived intangible assets is $5.3 million in 2018, $4.9 million in 2019, $4.7 million in 2020, $4.6 million in 2021 and $41.4 million thereafter.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the aggregate amount of goodwill and a description of intangible assets, which may include (a) for amortizable intangible assets (also referred to as finite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, the amount of any significant residual value, and the weighted-average amortization period, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization (also referred to as indefinite-lived intangible assets), the carrying amount, and (c) the amount of research and development assets acquired and written off in the period, including the line item in the income statement in which the amounts written off are aggregated, if not readily apparent from the income statement. Also discloses (a) for amortizable intangibles assets in total and by major class, the gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization, the total amortization expense for the period, and the estimated aggregate amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years, (b) for intangible assets not subject to amortization the carrying amount in total and by major class, and (c) for goodwill, in total and for each reportable segment, the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill during the period (including the aggregate amount of goodwill acquired, the aggregate amount of impairment losses recognized, and the amount of goodwill included in the gain (loss) on disposal of a reporting unit). If any part of goodwill has not been allocated to a reportable segment, discloses the unallocated amount and the reasons for not allocating. For each impairment loss recognized related to an intangible asset (excluding goodwill), discloses: (a) a description of the impaired intangible asset and the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method for determining fair value, (c) the caption in the income statement or the statement of activities in which the impairment loss is aggregated, and (d) the segment in which the impaired intangible asset is reported. For each goodwill impairment loss recognized, discloses: (a) a description of the facts and circumstances leading to the impairment, (b) the amount of the impairment loss and the method of determining the fair value of the associated reporting unit, and (c) if a recognized impairment loss is an estimate not finalized and the reasons why the estimate is not final. May also disclose the nature and amount of any significant adjustments made to a previous estimate of an impairment loss.

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