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Common Stock - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Mar. 10, 2015
Value of common shares planning to sell $ 11,891,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues        
Net proceeds to Company 8,791,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 107,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 9,089,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock 567,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock  
Common stock issued through Stock Incentive Plan, Restricted Stock/Unit Plan, and Management Incentive Plan 125,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardSharesIssuedInPeriod        
BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC [Member]          
Common stock sold through agent 192,262us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodSharesNewIssues
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Common stock weighted average price $ 57.47swx_CommonStockWeightedAverageIssuePricePerShare
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Net proceeds to Company 10,938,956us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfCommonStock
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= swx_BankOfNewYorkMellonCapitalMarketsLlcMember
       
Agent commissions 110,495us-gaap_PaymentsOfStockIssuanceCosts
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Common stock available for sale under the program 88,950,549swx_MaximumAmountOfCommonStockAvailableForSale
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  88,950,549swx_MaximumAmountOfCommonStockAvailableForSale
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Maximum [Member]          
Value of common shares planning to sell         $ 100,000,000us-gaap_StockIssuedDuringPeriodValueNewIssues
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