Acquisition	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Business Combinations [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisition On August 17, 2015, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, National Meter & Automation, Inc. (“National Meter”), acquired the assets of United Utilities, Inc. of Smyrna, Tennessee, which was one of the Company's distributors serving Tennessee and Georgia. National Meter will do business in those and additional areas as "United Utilities". The total purchase consideration for the United Utilities assets was $3.3 million, which included $0.4 million in cash and settlement of $2.9 million of pre-existing Company receivables. The Company's allocation of the purchase price at December 31, 2015 included $0.8 million of receivables, $0.4 million of inventory, $0.1 million of property, plant and equipment, $1.7 million of intangibles, and $0.3 million of goodwill. The intangible assets acquired are primarily customer relationships with an estimated average useful life of 12 years. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired was based upon the estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. As of June 30, 2016, the Company had not completed its analysis for estimating the fair value of the assets acquired. The United Utilities acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method, and accordingly, the results of operations were included in the Company's financial statements from the date of acquisition. The acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.

Acquisition

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Acquisition

On August 17, 2015, the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, National Meter & Automation, Inc. (“National Meter”), acquired the assets of United Utilities, Inc. of Smyrna, Tennessee, which was one of the Company's distributors serving Tennessee and Georgia. National Meter will do business in those and additional areas as "United Utilities".

The total purchase consideration for the United Utilities assets was $3.3 million, which included $0.4 million in cash and settlement of $2.9 million of pre-existing Company receivables. The Company's allocation of the purchase price at December 31, 2015 included $0.8 million of receivables, $0.4 million of inventory, $0.1 million of property, plant and equipment, $1.7 million of intangibles, and $0.3 million of goodwill. The intangible assets acquired are primarily customer relationships with an estimated average useful life of 12 years. The preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired was based upon the estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. As of June 30, 2016, the Company had not completed its analysis for estimating the fair value of the assets acquired.

The United Utilities acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method, and accordingly, the results of operations were included in the Company's financial statements from the date of acquisition. The acquisition did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements or the notes thereto.