Segment information (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	6,112,961	$	9,959,736	$	275,913	$	16,348,610
Cost of revenues		2,931,376		7,111,545		335,264		10,378,185
Gross profit		3,181,585		2,848,191		(59,351)		5,970,425
General and administrative expenses		2,888,229		434,969		2,019,435		5,342,633
Income (loss) from operations		293,356		2,413,222		(2,078,786)		627,792
Other income, net								150,230
Consolidated net income								778,022
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								123,113
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	654,909

	As of March 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Property plant and equipment, net	$	26,182,394	$	31,037,689	$	661,006	$	57,881,089
Construction in progress		1,589,932		139,706		-		1,729,638
Goodwill		1,170,511		2,328,526		-		3,499,037
Investment in land		-		-		12,175,566		12,175,566
Total assets		57,542,305		86,054,918		16,156,972		159,754,195

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	6,395,012	$	9,856,690	$	303,495	$	16,555,197
Cost of revenues		2,834,752		7,187,413		312,525		10,334,690
Gross profit		3,560,260		2,669,277		(9,030)		6,220,507
General and administrative expenses		2,631,510		408,247		529,179		3,568,936
Income (loss) from operations		928,750		2,261,030		(538,209)		2,651,571
Other income, net								1,212,116
Consolidated net income								3,863,687
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								121,684
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	3,742,003

	As of December 31, 2013
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Property plant and equipment, net	$	26,339,461	$	31,736,774	$	526,651	$	58,602,886
Construction in progress		1,181,628		98,807		169,982.00		1,450,417
Goodwill		1,170,511		2,328,526		-		3,499,037
Investment in land		-		-		12,175,566		12,175,566
Total assets		65,853,375		84,300,971		15,210,508		165,364,854

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Tabular disclosure of the profit or loss and total assets for each reportable segment. An entity discloses certain information on each reportable segment if the amounts (a) are included in the measure of segment profit or loss reviewed by the chief operating decision maker or (b) are otherwise regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker, even if not included in that measure of segment profit or loss.

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