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Commitments and contingencies (Details Textual) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 gal	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Jul. 29, 2011 gal
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net	$ 812,658us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	$ 822,159us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet	$ 559,811us-gaap_OperatingLeasesRentExpenseNet
Royalty Payment Percentage	36.00%cwco_RoyaltyPaymentPercentage	36.00%cwco_RoyaltyPaymentPercentage	37.00%cwco_RoyaltyPaymentPercentage
Employment Agreement Base Annual Salaries	3,100,000cwco_EmploymentAgreementBaseAnnualSalaries
Goodwill	3,499,037us-gaap_Goodwill	3,499,037us-gaap_Goodwill
Retail Water Gross Profit Percentage	53.00%cwco_RetailWaterGrossProfitPercentage	52.00%cwco_RetailWaterGrossProfitPercentage	58.00%cwco_RetailWaterGrossProfitPercentage
Noncancellable Lease Term Expiration Date	2032
Payments To Land Purchase Obligation	10,050,000cwco_PaymentsToLandPurchaseObligation	0cwco_PaymentsToLandPurchaseObligation	0cwco_PaymentsToLandPurchaseObligation
Delivery Terms, Volume of water per day	63,000,000cwco_DeliveryTermsVolumeOfWaterPerDay
Scenario, Forecast [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Payments To Land Purchase Obligation	1,400,000cwco_PaymentsToLandPurchaseObligation / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember
Cw Belize [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Volume of Water to be supplied (per day)				450,000cwco_VolumeOfWaterToBeSupplied / us-gaap_LongTermPurchaseCommitmentByCategoryOfItemPurchasedAxis = cwco_CwBelizeMember
Retail Segment [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Goodwill	$ 3,499,037us-gaap_Goodwill / us-gaap_IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsByMajorClassAxis = cwco_RetailSegmentMember

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Represents the volume of water that is supplied per day as per the agreement.

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Volume of water to be supplied as per the agreement.

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Amount after accumulated impairment loss of an asset representing future economic benefits arising from other assets acquired in a business combination that are not individually identified and separately recognized.

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Rental expense for the reporting period incurred under operating leases, including minimum and any contingent rent expense, net of related sublease income.

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