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Segment information (Details Textual) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Retail [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $ 606,589us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_RetailMember
$ 633,273us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_RetailMember
Bulk [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization 778,177us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_BulkMember
785,901us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_BulkMember
Services [Member]    
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]    
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization $ 22,474us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_ServicesMember
$ 34,974us-gaap_DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization
/ us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis
= cwco_ServicesMember