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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Deferred tax assets operating loss carry forwards domestic, utilized $ 5,967,000wtr_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryForwardsDomesticUtilized    
Deferred tax assets operating loss carry forwards state, utilized 374,000wtr_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryForwardsStateAndLocalUtilized    
Unrecognized tax benefits 25,314,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits   25,292,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Effective income tax rate 8.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 10.90%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate 13,419,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate    
Federal [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 203,606,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
   
Operating loss carryforwards, valuation allowance 0us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwardsValuationAllowance
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
   
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration beginning dates Jan. 01, 2032    
Unrecognized tax benefits 56,826,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
   
Deferred tax assets, operating loss carryforwards 260,432,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_InternalRevenueServiceIRSMember
   
State [Member]      
Income Taxes [Line Items]      
Operating loss carryforwards 554,114,000us-gaap_OperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Operating loss carryforwards, expiration beginning dates Jan. 01, 2023    
Unrecognized tax benefits 83,543,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember
   
Deferred tax assets, operating loss carryforwards $ 637,657,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsOperatingLossCarryforwards
/ us-gaap_IncomeTaxAuthorityAxis
= us-gaap_StateAndLocalJurisdictionMember