Segment information (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) segment	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)
Segment information
Number of Reportable Segments | segment	5
Revenue	$ 133,966,633	$ 180,211,233	$ 94,104,972
Cost of revenue	88,342,185	118,284,128	63,749,849
Gross profit	45,624,448	61,927,105	30,355,123
General and administrative expenses	27,537,436	24,752,366	21,070,234
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	197,786	(7,112)	(12,704)
Income from operations	18,284,798	37,167,627	9,272,185
Interest income	2,094,190	696,408	447,186
Interest expense	(101,847)	(145,284)	(46,545)
Income from affiliates	269,455	169,728	102,225
Loss on put/call options			(128,000)
Other	131,878	107,461	89,944
Other income, net	2,393,676	828,313	464,810
Income (loss) before income taxes	20,678,474	37,995,940	9,736,995
Provision for income taxes	2,218,514	6,750,014	396,739
Net income from continuing operations	18,459,960	31,245,926	9,340,256
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	577,590	573,791	1,112,913
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	17,882,370	30,672,135	8,227,343
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	10,355,184	(1,086,744)	(2,371,049)
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	28,237,554	29,585,391	5,856,294
Subcontractor and other project costs	29,905,101	64,700,505	17,817,283
Employee costs	24,070,902	18,935,013	14,036,117
Electricity	8,866,059	9,502,666	6,975,129
Fuel oil	8,330,914	9,024,836	10,203,690
Depreciation	5,641,370	5,632,999	5,261,463
Maintenance	3,800,391	2,992,872	2,786,258
Insurance	2,446,327	2,061,497	1,782,333
Retail license royalties	1,945,470	1,842,924	1,590,250
Other	3,335,651	3,590,816	3,297,326
Total cost of revenue	88,342,185	118,284,128	63,749,849
Employee costs	14,692,061	13,690,153	11,209,636
Professional fees	3,396,416	2,012,092	1,760,279
Insurance	2,067,372	1,903,856	2,067,625
Depreciation and amortization	870,935	764,102	746,492
Other	6,510,652	6,382,163	5,286,202
Accounts receivable, net	39,580,982	38,226,891
Inventory, current and non-current	14,299,311	11,090,413
Contract assets	4,470,243	21,553,057
Property, plant and equipment, net	52,432,282	55,882,521
Construction in progress	5,143,717	495,471
Intangibles, net	2,696,815	3,353,185
Goodwill	12,861,404	12,861,404
Total segment assets	243,040,696	197,096,787
Assets of discontinued operations	272,485	21,340,805
Total assets	243,313,181	218,437,592
Retail
Segment information
Revenue	31,741,343	30,158,051	25,954,013
Cost of revenue	14,199,088	13,891,229	12,548,763
Gross profit	17,542,255	16,266,822	13,405,250
General and administrative expenses	3,263,593	2,978,164	2,609,571
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	2,286	(21,716)	(39,397)
Income from operations	14,280,948	13,266,942	10,756,282
Interest income	198,180	181,468	131,403
Interest expense	(93,368)	(123,867)	(31,748)
Other	78,647	93,795	83,682
Other income, net	183,459	151,396	183,337
Income (loss) before income taxes	14,464,407	13,418,338	10,939,619
Net income from continuing operations	14,464,407	13,418,338	10,939,619
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	14,464,407	13,418,338	10,939,619
Employee costs	2,895,606	2,797,130	2,759,588
Electricity	4,755,308	4,846,974	4,063,303
Depreciation	2,427,254	2,376,747	2,281,584
Maintenance	877,882	845,596	878,880
Insurance	686,073	587,238	501,508
Retail license royalties	1,945,470	1,842,924	1,590,250
Other	611,495	594,620	473,650
Total cost of revenue	14,199,088	13,891,229	12,548,763
Employee costs	1,555,619	1,485,647	1,321,660
Professional fees	85,739	122,067	55,756
Insurance	417,604	351,259	301,306
Depreciation and amortization	37,691	38,883	36,544
Other	1,166,940	980,308	894,305
Accounts receivable, net	3,223,190	3,409,973
Inventory, current and non-current	3,437,771	3,041,460
Property, plant and equipment, net	31,689,586	32,318,148
Construction in progress	1,951,559	380,436
Goodwill	1,170,511	1,170,511
Total segment assets	62,994,011	52,120,112
Bulk
Segment information
Revenue	33,673,387	34,595,058	32,991,066
Cost of revenue	23,360,360	24,128,132	23,032,212
Gross profit	10,313,027	10,466,926	9,958,854
General and administrative expenses	1,564,975	1,737,264	1,570,732
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net		12,720	5,607
Income from operations	8,748,052	8,742,382	8,393,729
Interest income	865,584	362,422	313,232
Other	39,625	10,793	1,865
Other income, net	905,209	373,215	315,097
Income (loss) before income taxes	9,653,261	9,115,597	8,708,826
Net income from continuing operations	9,653,261	9,115,597	8,708,826
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests	577,590	573,791	558,353
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	9,075,671	8,541,806	8,150,473
Subcontractor and other project costs	3,787
Employee costs	2,069,920	1,927,313	1,831,305
Electricity	3,864,863	4,306,439	2,594,723
Fuel oil	8,330,914	9,024,836	10,203,690
Depreciation	2,689,432	2,831,368	2,645,691
Maintenance	2,138,584	1,705,585	1,717,319
Insurance	1,721,846	1,468,508	1,280,825
Other	2,541,014	2,864,083	2,758,659
Total cost of revenue	23,360,360	24,128,132	23,032,212
Employee costs	375,479	359,923	332,023
Professional fees	82,452	93,754	127,400
Insurance	384,932	341,391	291,430
Depreciation and amortization	25,086	22,180	11,750
Other	697,026	920,016	808,129
Accounts receivable, net	28,807,257	26,965,126
Inventory, current and non-current	4,865,117	4,858,324
Property, plant and equipment, net	18,093,155	20,370,056
Construction in progress	2,480,999
Goodwill	1,948,875	1,948,875
Total segment assets	71,743,161	63,956,725
Services
Segment information
Revenue	50,956,489	97,966,650	28,835,428
Cost of revenue	38,511,535	66,797,762	22,973,634
Gross profit	12,444,954	31,168,888	5,861,794
General and administrative expenses	6,055,409	4,271,808	3,461,294
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	2,714		23,717
Income from operations	6,392,259	26,897,080	2,424,217
Interest income	458,732	151,706	2,441
Interest expense	(8,409)	(21,417)	(14,797)
Loss on put/call options			(128,000)
Other	(5,634)	1,024	1,803
Other income, net	444,689	131,313	(138,553)
Income (loss) before income taxes	6,836,948	27,028,393	2,285,664
Provision for income taxes	1,528,398	6,388,457	458,659
Net income from continuing operations	5,308,550	20,639,936	1,827,005
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests			554,560
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	5,308,550	20,639,936	1,272,445
Subcontractor and other project costs	20,366,236	53,830,817	14,380,940
Employee costs	17,062,858	12,311,403	8,156,016
Electricity	212,337	301,247	278,629
Depreciation	364,473	256,537	155,237
Maintenance	439,883	83,998
Insurance	38,408	5,751
Other	27,340	8,009	2,812
Total cost of revenue	38,511,535	66,797,762	22,973,634
Employee costs	3,443,005	2,529,548	1,966,493
Professional fees	646,610	422,196	286,802
Insurance	214,983	127,993	336,832
Depreciation and amortization	630,544	528,810	519,271
Other	1,120,267	663,261	351,896
Accounts receivable, net	6,593,276	6,802,780
Inventory, current and non-current	167,856	55,272
Contract assets	1,204,522	17,715,872
Property, plant and equipment, net	858,352	1,143,884
Intangibles, net	2,129,037	2,692,074
Goodwill	7,756,807	7,756,807
Total segment assets	56,792,772	58,476,773
Manufacturing
Segment information
Revenue	17,595,414	17,491,474	6,324,465
Cost of revenue	12,271,202	13,467,005	5,195,240
Gross profit	5,324,212	4,024,469	1,129,225
General and administrative expenses	2,456,807	1,838,284	1,485,342
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net		2,233	(2,631)
Income from operations	2,867,405	2,188,418	(358,748)
Interest income	4	4	1
Income from affiliates	16,701
Other	11,993	2,020	782
Other income, net	28,698	2,024	783
Income (loss) before income taxes	2,896,103	2,190,442	(357,965)
Provision for income taxes	672,040	440,111	(61,920)
Net income from continuing operations	2,224,063	1,750,331	(296,045)
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	2,224,063	1,750,331	(296,045)
Subcontractor and other project costs	9,535,078	10,869,688	3,436,343
Employee costs	2,042,518	1,899,167	1,289,208
Electricity	33,551	48,006	38,474
Depreciation	160,211	168,347	178,951
Maintenance	344,042	357,693	190,059
Other	155,802	124,104	62,205
Total cost of revenue	12,271,202	13,467,005	5,195,240
Employee costs	1,286,141	1,071,012	941,680
Professional fees	133,229	88,882	14,736
Insurance	215,241	196,539	168,486
Depreciation and amortization	103,674	105,013	105,452
Other	718,522	376,838	254,988
Accounts receivable, net	946,846	1,033,037
Inventory, current and non-current	5,828,567	3,135,357
Contract assets	3,265,721	3,837,185
Property, plant and equipment, net	1,601,501	1,559,094
Construction in progress	711,159	115,035
Intangibles, net	567,778	661,111
Goodwill	1,985,211	1,985,211
Total segment assets	20,095,648	15,888,642
Corporate
Segment information
General and administrative expenses	14,196,652	13,926,846	11,943,295
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net	192,786	(349)
Income from operations	(14,003,866)	(13,927,195)	(11,943,295)
Interest income	571,690	808	109
Interest expense	(70)
Income from affiliates	252,754	169,728	102,225
Other	7,247	(171)	1,812
Other income, net	831,621	170,365	104,146
Income (loss) before income taxes	(13,172,245)	(13,756,830)	(11,839,149)
Provision for income taxes	18,076	(78,554)
Net income from continuing operations	(13,190,321)	(13,678,276)	(11,839,149)
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	(13,190,321)	(13,678,276)	(11,839,149)
Employee costs	8,031,817	8,244,023	6,647,780
Professional fees	2,448,386	1,285,193	1,275,585
Insurance	834,612	886,674	969,571
Depreciation and amortization	73,940	69,216	73,475
Other	2,807,897	3,441,740	$ 2,976,884
Accounts receivable, net	10,413	15,975
Property, plant and equipment, net	189,688	491,339
Total segment assets	$ 31,415,104	$ 6,654,535