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Acquisition of Construction Services Businesses - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Business acquisition cost $ 0us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1 $ 5,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferred1
Brigadier [Member]    
Business Acquisition [Line Items]    
Goodwill assigned for deductible tax purpose $ 4,900,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swx_BrigadierMember
$ 4,900,000us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
/ us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionAxis
= swx_BrigadierMember