Segment information (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) segment	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments | segment			4
Number of other business segments | segment			3
Revenue	$ 49,854,075	$ 25,051,705	$ 126,960,328	$ 65,676,737
Cost of revenue	33,239,647	18,207,932	84,323,269	44,211,703
Gross profit	16,614,428	6,843,773	42,637,059	21,465,034
General and administrative expenses	5,872,490	5,610,650	17,894,067	15,403,458
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		3,499	6,916	21,237
Income from operations	10,741,938	1,236,622	24,749,908	6,082,813
Other income, net	236,066	(168,980)	522,256	548,729
Income before income taxes	10,978,004	1,067,642	25,272,164	6,631,542
Benefit for income taxes	1,976,453	26,616	4,366,005	83,041
Net income from continuing operations	9,001,551	1,041,026	20,906,159	6,548,501
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	163,428	217,415	463,775	691,042
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	8,838,123	823,611	20,442,384	5,857,459
Net loss from discontinued operations	(232,994)	(505,917)	(699,858)	(1,533,064)
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	8,605,129	317,694	19,742,526	4,324,395
Accounts receivable, net	38,114,847		38,114,847		$ 27,046,182
Inventory, current and non-current	12,963,678		12,963,678		10,278,829
Contract assets	8,972,740		8,972,740		2,913,722
Property, plant and equipment, net	50,063,524		50,063,524		52,529,545
Construction in progress	6,446,049		6,446,049		3,705,681
Intangibles, net	2,408,888		2,408,888		2,818,888
Goodwill	10,425,013		10,425,013		10,425,013
Total segment assets	190,169,612		190,169,612		171,346,081
Assets of discontinued operations	21,427,879		21,427,879		21,660,768
Total assets	211,597,491		211,597,491		193,006,849
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	7,216,574	6,274,650	22,560,998	19,114,653
Cost of revenue	3,371,891	3,231,973	10,355,817	9,404,124
Gross profit	3,844,683	3,042,677	12,205,181	9,710,529
General and administrative expenses	4,225,825	3,818,459	12,668,467	10,613,975
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		1,499	(7,287)	2,699
Income from operations	(381,142)	(774,283)	(470,573)	(900,747)
Accounts receivable, net	2,710,301		2,710,301		2,953,927
Inventory, current and non-current	2,920,717		2,920,717		2,759,659
Property, plant and equipment, net	26,709,318		26,709,318		27,697,490
Construction in progress	6,348,267		6,348,267		3,643,889
Goodwill	1,170,511		1,170,511		1,170,511
Total segment assets	59,409,833		59,409,833		65,853,789
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,488,615	8,667,931	25,975,483	24,442,324
Cost of revenue	5,835,837	6,446,549	18,010,718	16,781,251
Gross profit	2,652,778	2,221,382	7,964,765	7,661,073
General and administrative expenses	347,668	473,534	1,080,543	1,187,909
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net		2,000	12,270	2,000
Income from operations	2,305,110	1,749,848	6,896,492	6,475,164
Accounts receivable, net	23,506,832		23,506,832		16,554,940
Inventory, current and non-current	4,881,541		4,881,541		4,037,684
Property, plant and equipment, net	20,962,912		20,962,912		22,510,658
Construction in progress	35,990		35,990
Goodwill	1,948,875		1,948,875		1,948,875
Total segment assets	62,538,537		62,538,537		56,118,243
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	29,427,664	8,731,124	66,243,328	18,530,427
Cost of revenue	20,174,645	7,333,982	46,466,864	14,849,029
Gross profit	9,253,019	1,397,142	19,776,464	3,681,398
General and administrative expenses	861,835	936,708	2,855,067	2,554,721
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net				16,538
Income from operations	8,391,184	460,434	16,921,397	1,143,215
Accounts receivable, net	10,007,905		10,007,905		5,838,721
Inventory, current and non-current	2,539,885		2,539,885
Contract assets	6,698,713		6,698,713		1,249,069
Property, plant and equipment, net	805,227		805,227		759,409
Intangibles, net	1,724,444		1,724,444		2,064,444
Goodwill	5,320,416		5,320,416		5,320,416
Total segment assets	53,885,758		53,885,758		36,319,078
Manufacturing Units [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	4,721,222	1,378,000	12,180,519	3,589,333
Cost of revenue	3,857,274	1,195,428	9,489,870	3,177,299
Gross profit	863,948	182,572	2,690,649	412,034
General and administrative expenses	437,162	381,949	1,289,990	1,046,853
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net			1,933
Income from operations	426,786	$ (199,377)	1,402,592	$ (634,819)
Accounts receivable, net	1,889,809		1,889,809		1,698,594
Inventory, current and non-current	2,621,535		2,621,535		3,481,486
Contract assets	2,274,027		2,274,027		1,664,653
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,586,067		1,586,067		1,561,988
Construction in progress	61,792		61,792		61,792
Intangibles, net	684,444		684,444		754,444
Goodwill	1,985,211		1,985,211		1,985,211
Total segment assets	$ 14,335,484		$ 14,335,484		$ 13,054,971