Segment information (Details)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) segment	Jun. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of Reportable Segments | segment			4
Number of other business segments | segment			3
Revenue	$ 32,479,158	$ 44,237,263	$ 72,168,548	$ 77,106,253
Cost of revenue	20,858,944	28,773,714	46,670,311	51,083,622
Gross profit	11,620,214	15,463,549	25,498,237	26,022,631
General and administrative expenses	6,606,294	5,984,915	13,170,323	12,021,577
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	(3,130)	1,000	(3,130)	6,916
Income from operations	5,010,790	9,479,634	12,324,784	14,007,970
Other income, net	418,426	129,131	836,610	286,190
Income before income taxes	5,429,216	9,608,765	13,161,394	14,294,160
Provision for income taxes	1,063,933	1,940,067	1,685,629	2,389,552
Net income from continuing operations	4,365,283	7,668,698	11,475,765	11,904,608
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	122,872	137,226	291,940	300,347
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	4,242,411	7,531,472	11,183,825	11,604,261
Net income discontinued operations	11,607,846	(207,701)	11,140,780	(466,864)
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	15,850,257	7,323,771	22,324,605	11,137,397
Accounts receivable, net	39,664,848		39,664,848		$ 38,226,891
Inventory, current and non-current	9,560,476		9,560,476		11,090,413
Contract assets	5,413,780		5,413,780		21,553,057
Property, plant and equipment, net	54,368,951		54,368,951		55,882,521
Construction in progress	1,245,998		1,245,998		495,471
Intangibles, net	3,025,000		3,025,000		3,353,185
Goodwill	12,861,404		12,861,404		12,861,404
Total segment assets	233,658,487		233,658,487		197,096,787
Assets of discontinued operations	1,503,473		1,503,473		21,340,805
Total assets	235,161,960		235,161,960		218,437,592
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,181,884	7,573,329	16,806,822	15,344,424
Cost of revenue	3,670,133	3,433,132	7,221,477	6,983,926
Gross profit	4,511,751	4,140,197	9,585,345	8,360,498
General and administrative expenses	4,378,816	4,265,535	8,483,148	8,442,642
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	(6,130)		(6,130)	(7,287)
Income from operations	126,805	(125,338)	1,096,067	(89,431)
Accounts receivable, net	3,337,581		3,337,581		3,425,948
Inventory, current and non-current	3,144,757		3,144,757		3,041,460
Property, plant and equipment, net	32,310,270		32,310,270		32,809,487
Construction in progress	959,712		959,712		380,436
Goodwill	1,170,511		1,170,511		1,170,511
Total segment assets	89,309,738		89,309,738		58,774,647
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	8,447,958	8,482,495	16,790,052	17,486,868
Cost of revenue	6,097,460	5,931,735	11,662,718	12,174,881
Gross profit	2,350,498	2,550,760	5,127,334	5,311,987
General and administrative expenses	363,268	379,900	707,409	732,875
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net		1,000		12,270
Income from operations	1,987,230	2,171,860	4,419,925	4,591,382
Accounts receivable, net	25,639,982		25,639,982		26,965,126
Inventory, current and non-current	4,765,124		4,765,124		4,858,324
Property, plant and equipment, net	19,357,321		19,357,321		20,370,056
Construction in progress	116,798		116,798
Goodwill	1,948,875		1,948,875		1,948,875
Total segment assets	78,465,306		78,465,306		63,956,725
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	11,922,469	24,093,963	29,340,080	36,815,664
Cost of revenue	8,458,537	16,248,141	21,127,476	26,292,219
Gross profit	3,463,932	7,845,822	8,212,604	10,523,445
General and administrative expenses	1,196,624	904,560	2,794,478	1,993,232
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	3,000		3,000
Income from operations	2,270,308	6,941,262	5,421,126	8,530,213
Accounts receivable, net	7,006,706		7,006,706		6,802,780
Inventory, current and non-current					55,272
Contract assets	1,747,791		1,747,791		17,715,872
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,058,526		1,058,526		1,143,884
Intangibles, net	2,410,556		2,410,556		2,692,074
Goodwill	7,756,807		7,756,807		7,756,807
Total segment assets	48,146,895		48,146,895		58,476,773
Manufacturing Units [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenue	3,926,847	4,087,476	9,231,594	7,459,297
Cost of revenue	2,632,814	3,160,706	6,658,640	5,632,596
Gross profit	1,294,033	926,770	2,572,954	1,826,701
General and administrative expenses	667,586	434,920	1,185,288	852,828
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net				1,933
Income from operations	626,447	$ 491,850	1,387,666	$ 975,806
Accounts receivable, net	3,680,579		3,680,579		1,033,037
Inventory, current and non-current	1,650,595		1,650,595		3,135,357
Contract assets	3,665,989		3,665,989		3,837,185
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,642,834		1,642,834		1,559,094
Construction in progress	169,488		169,488		115,035
Intangibles, net	614,444		614,444		661,111
Goodwill	1,985,211		1,985,211		1,985,211
Total segment assets	$ 17,736,548		$ 17,736,548		$ 15,888,642