Cover - shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	May 04, 2020
Document And Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	Cypress Environmental Partners, L.P.
Entity Central Index Key	0001587246
Document Type	10-Q/A
Document Period End Date	Mar. 31, 2020
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	Cypress Environmental Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership”) is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A (this “Amendment”) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 11, 2020 (the “Original Report”), to make certain immaterial changes and correct certain omissions in the Original Report, which was erroneously filed by the Partnership’s financial printer. This Amendment amends and restates the Original Report in its entirety.
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity File Number	001-36260
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code	DE
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Interactive Data Current	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Non-accelerated Filer
Entity Small Business	true
Entity Emerging Growth Company	false
Entity Shell Company	false
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		12,209,281
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q1
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2020