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Loans receivable (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Receivables [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Loans Receivable [Table Text Block] |
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
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 June 2019, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the North Side Water Works plant. |  | $ | 3,448,051 |  | $ | 4,678,355 |
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. |  |  | 320,965 |  |  | 932,512 |
Total loans receivable |  |  | 3,769,016 |  |  | 5,610,867 |
Less current portion |  |  | 1,633,588 |  |  | 1,841,851 |
Loans receivable, excluding current portion |  | $ | 2,135,428 |  | $ | 3,769,016 |

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