Acquisitions	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Acquisitions [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Note 3 – Acquisitions Pursuant to our strategy to grow through acquisitions, in January 2016, the Company acquired Superior Water Company, Inc., which provides public water service to approximately 3,900 customers in portions of Berks, Chester, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania. The total purchase price for the utility system was $16,750, which consisted of the issuance of 439,943 shares of the Company’s common stock and $3,905 in cash. The purchase price allocation for this acquisition consisted primarily of acquired property, plant and equipment of $25,167, contributions in aid of construction of $16,565, and goodwill of $8,622. Additionally, during 2016, the Company completed nine acquisitions of water and wastewater utility systems in various states. The total purchase price of these utility systems consisted of $1,721 in cash, and there was no goodwill recorded. The pro forma effect of the businesses acquired is not material either individually or collectively to the Company’s results of operations.

Note 3 – Acquisitions

Pursuant to our strategy to grow through acquisitions, in January 2016, the Company acquired Superior Water Company, Inc., which provides public water service to approximately 3,900 customers in portions of Berks, Chester, and Montgomery counties in Pennsylvania. The total purchase price for the utility system was $16,750, which consisted of the issuance of 439,943 shares of the Company’s common stock and $3,905 in cash. The purchase price allocation for this acquisition consisted primarily of acquired property, plant and equipment of $25,167, contributions in aid of construction of $16,565, and goodwill of $8,622. Additionally, during 2016, the Company completed nine acquisitions of water and wastewater utility systems in various states. The total purchase price of these utility systems consisted of $1,721 in cash, and there was no goodwill recorded. The pro forma effect of the businesses acquired is not material either individually or collectively to the Company’s results of operations.