CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013
Retail water revenues	$ 6,112,961	$ 6,395,012
Bulk water revenues	9,959,736	9,856,690
Services revenues	275,913	303,495
Total revenues	16,348,610	16,555,197
Cost of retail revenues	2,931,376	2,834,752
Cost of bulk revenues	7,111,545	7,187,413
Cost of services revenues	335,264	312,525
Total cost of revenues	10,378,185	10,334,690
Gross profit	5,970,425	6,220,507
General and administrative expenses	5,342,633	3,568,936
Income from operations	627,792	2,651,571
Other income (expense):
Interest income	172,932	180,088
Interest expense	(295,737)	(132,425)
Profit sharing income from OC-BVI	20,250	287,459
Equity in earnings of OC-BVI	54,489	787,861
Other	198,296	89,133
Other income (expense), net	150,230	1,212,116
Net income	778,022	3,863,687
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	123,113	121,684
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 654,909	$ 3,742,003
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.26
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.26
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.075	$ 0.075
Weighted average number of common shares used in the determination of:
Basic earnings per share (in shares)	14,686,744	14,598,096
Diluted earnings per share (in shares)	14,766,985	14,635,334