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Segment information (Details 1) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	$ 65,559,078us-gaap_Revenues	$ 63,822,131us-gaap_Revenues	$ 65,450,702us-gaap_Revenues
Cayman Islands [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	35,040,803us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_KY	31,164,165us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_KY	33,661,440us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_KY
Bahamas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	26,702,605us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BS	29,192,529us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BS	28,996,724us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BS
Indonesia [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	471,919us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ID	144,030us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ID	0us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_ID
Belize [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	2,596,410us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BZ	2,536,780us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BZ	2,322,913us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_BZ
Management Services Agreement With OC-BVI [Membre]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	747,341us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VG	784,627us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VG	469,625us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = country_VG
Water and Sewerage Corporation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	26,376,520us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember	28,861,195us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember	28,765,529us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember
Entity Wide Revenues Major Customer Percentage	40.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember	45.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember	44.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAndSewerageCorporationMember
Water Authority - Cayman [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues, Total	$ 9,901,996us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember	$ 8,230,912us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember	$ 9,438,545us-gaap_Revenues / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember
Entity Wide Revenues Major Customer Percentage	15.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember	13.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember	14.00%cwco_EntityWideRevenuesMajorCustomerPercentage / us-gaap_StatementGeographicalAxis = cwco_WaterAuthorityCaymanMember

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

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-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.1)

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