CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Retail revenues	$ 23,505,619	$ 23,254,757	$ 24,104,932
Bulk revenues	29,647,034	31,854,255	39,201,011
Services revenues	4,723,054	2,007,190	2,253,135
Total revenues	57,875,707	57,116,202	65,559,078
Cost of retail revenues	10,294,298	10,543,972	11,521,277
Cost of bulk revenues	19,488,550	21,634,789	27,985,441
Cost of services revenues	3,841,973	1,629,221	2,580,260
Total cost of revenues	33,624,821	33,807,982	42,086,978
Gross profit	24,250,886	23,308,220	23,472,100
General and administrative expenses	18,677,584	14,840,156	17,011,041
Impairment loss on long-lived assets	2,000,000	0	0
Impairment of goodwill	1,750,000	0	0
Income from operations	1,823,302	8,468,064	6,461,059
Other income (expense):
Interest income	609,750	1,013,252	1,440,631
Interest expense	(104,048)	(269,090)	(488,770)
Profit sharing income from OC-BVI	125,550	105,300	111,375
Equity in earnings of OC-BVI	337,809	294,368	303,380
Impairment loss on investment in OC-BVI	(925,000)	(1,060,000)	(860,000)
Unrealized loss on put/call option	(297,000)	0	0
Other	670,893	(626,400)	(203,135)
Other income (expense), net	417,954	(542,570)	303,481
Income before income taxes	2,241,256	7,925,494	6,764,540
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	(536,057)	0	0
Net income	2,777,313	7,925,494	6,764,540
Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests	(1,183,188)	406,793	499,182
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 3,960,501	$ 7,518,701	$ 6,265,358
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders	$ 0.27	$ 0.51	$ 0.43
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders	0.27	0.51	0.42
Dividends declared per common share	$ 0.30	$ 0.3	$ 0.3
Weighted average number of common shares used in the determination of:
Basic earnings per share	14,809,909	14,741,748	14,697,896
Diluted earnings per share	14,944,028	14,827,755	14,764,323