Segment information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

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

The Company’s segments are strategic business units that are managed separately because, while all segments derive their revenues from desalination-related activities, each segment sells different products and/or services, serves customers with distinctly different needs and generates different gross profit margins.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	5,828,288	$	7,919,920	$	857,441	$	14,605,649
Cost of revenues		2,752,358		5,644,699		662,201		9,059,258
Gross profit		3,075,930		2,275,221		195,240		5,546,391
General and administrative expenses		2,633,121		357,995		401,499		3,392,615
Income (loss) from operations	$	442,809	$	1,917,226	$	(206,259)		2,153,776
Other income (expense), net								(302,603)
Net income								1,851,173
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								75,673
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	1,775,500

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2015 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $600,099, $916,132 and $28,976, respectively.

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	5,936,623	$	9,905,723	$	1,178,710	$	17,021,056
Cost of revenues		2,945,756		7,113,039		1,261,946		11,320,741
Gross profit (loss)		2,990,867		2,792,684		(83,236)		5,700,315
General and administrative expenses		2,740,209		510,288		734,459		3,984,956
Income (loss) from operations	$	250,658	$	2,282,396	$	(817,695)		1,715,359
Other income (expense), net								274,542
Net income								1,989,901
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								107,209
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	1,882,692

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2014 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $592,261, $783,244 and $22,474, respectively.

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	18,116,111	$	24,489,509	$	1,151,810	$	43,757,430
Cost of revenues		8,400,744		16,727,592		1,159,836		26,288,172
Gross profit (loss)		9,715,367		7,761,917		(8,026)		17,469,258
General and administrative expenses		8,074,684		1,187,824		1,493,918		10,756,426
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,640,683	$	6,574,093	$	(1,501,944)		6,712,832
Other income (expense), net								(493,965)
Net income								6,218,867
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								294,006
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	5,924,861

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $1,804,767, $2,486,550 and $73,924, respectively.

	Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	18,548,841	$	29,831,653	$	1,921,004	$	50,301,498
Cost of revenues		8,996,615		21,120,498		2,143,599		32,260,712
Gross profit (loss)		9,552,226		8,711,155		(222,595)		18,040,786
General and administrative expenses		8,471,730		1,270,661		3,366,359		13,108,750
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,080,496	$	7,440,494	$	(3,588,954)		4,932,036
Other income (expense), net								742,425
Consolidated net income								5,674,461
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								377,167
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	5,297,294

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $1,823,757, $2,349,656 and $79,922, respectively.

	As of September 30, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,403,794	$	7,016,228	$	494,512	$	9,914,534
Property plant and equipment, net	$	25,455,482	$	28,182,210	$	123,541	$	53,761,233
Construction in progress	$	1,719,832	$	809,329	$	-	$	2,529,161
Goodwill	$	1,170,511	$	2,328,526	$	-	$	3,499,037
Land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	20,558,424	$	20,558,424
Total assets	$	49,155,872	$	87,033,109	$	24,963,341	$	161,152,322

	As of December 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,521,008	$	8,399,999	$	852,737	$	11,773,744
Property plant and equipment, net	$	26,978,259	$	29,318,534	$	100,195	$	56,396,988
Construction in progress	$	902,656	$	997,360	$	-	$	1,900,016
Goodwill	$	1,170,511	$	2,328,526	$	-	$	3,499,037
Land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	20,558,424	$	20,558,424
Total assets	$	52,051,461	$	84,331,227	$	24,077,143	$	160,459,831