CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 31, 2015
Retail revenues	$ 5,970,238	$ 6,135,638
Bulk revenues	7,265,293	8,382,316
Services revenues	799,241	148,158
Total revenues	14,034,772	14,666,112
Cost of retail revenues	2,629,674	2,766,863
Cost of bulk revenues	4,610,324	5,466,060
Cost of services revenues	617,743	284,887
Total cost of revenues	7,857,741	8,517,810
Gross profit	6,177,031	6,148,302
General and administrative expenses	4,460,986	3,892,966
Income from operations	1,716,045	2,255,336
Other income (expense):
Interest income	216,835	233,582
Interest expense	(64,046)	(69,532)
Profit sharing income from OC-BVI	34,425	26,325
Equity in earnings of OC-BVI	45,364	75,155
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI	(50,000)	(310,000)
Other	206,979	(175,087)
Other income (expense), net	389,557	(219,557)
Income before income taxes	2,105,602	2,035,779
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	(73,269)	0
Net income	2,178,871	2,035,779
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	124,230	114,518
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 2,054,641	$ 1,921,261
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.14	$ 0.13
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	0.14	0.13
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)	14,783,380	14,718,757
Diluted earnings per share (in shares)	14,864,125	14,764,169