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Loans receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Loans Receivable [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Loans Receivable [Table Text Block] | Loans receivable
|  | December 31 |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
All loans receivable are due from the Water Authority-Cayman and consisted of: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Two loans originally aggregating $10,996,290, bearing interest at 6.5% per annum, receivable in aggregate monthly installments of $124,827 to May 2019, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the North Side Water Works plant. |  | $ | 7,925,386 |  |  | $ | 8,798,106 |
Two loans originally aggregating $1,738,000, bearing interest at 5% per annum, receivable in aggregate monthly installments of $24,565 to March 2014, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the North Sound plant. |  |  | 356,474 |  |  |  | 626,070 |
Two loans originally aggregating $3,671,039, bearing interest at 6.5% per annum, receivable in aggregate monthly installments of $54,513 to June 2017, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the Red Gate plant. |  |  | 2,546,325 |  |  |  | 3,018,190 |
Two loans originally aggregating $897,000, bearing interest at 5% per annum, receivable in aggregate monthly installments of $12,678 to January 2013, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the Lower Valley plant. |  |  | 12,626 |  |  |  | 160,107 |
Total loans receivable |  |  | 10,840,811 |  |  |  | 12,602,473 |
Less current portion |  |  | 1,812,532 |  |  |  | 1,843,600 |
Loans receivable, excluding current portion |  | $ | 9,028,279 |  |  | $ | 10,758,873

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