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Earnings per share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block] | The following summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted EPS:
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders |  | $ | 10,177,662 |  |  | $ | 5,102,828 |
Less: preferred stock dividends |  |  | (12,356 | ) |  |  | (11,418 | )
Net income from continuing operations available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share |  |  | 10,165,306 |  |  |  | 5,091,410 |
Net income from discontinued operation |  |  | 1,115,825 |  |  |  | 1,041,234 |
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share |  | $ | 11,281,131 |  |  | $ | 6,132,644 |
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders |  |  | 14,962,760 |  |  |  | 14,896,944 |
Plus: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period |  |  | 35,125 |  |  |  | 35,765 |
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants |  |  | 76,262 |  |  |  | 73,972 |
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders |  |  | 15,074,147 |  |  |  | 15,006,681 |

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