Note 1 - Description of Business	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Notes to Financial Statements
Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]	*Notes To The Consolidated Financial Statements* NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS Cadiz Inc. (“Cadiz or the “Company”) is a water solutions provider with a unique combination of land, water, pipeline and water filtration technology assets strategically located in Southern California between major water systems serving population centers in the Southwestern United States. The Company’s portfolio of assets includes 2.5 million acre-feet of water supply, 220 miles of existing, buried pipeline, 1 million acre-feet of groundwater storage capacity, versatile, scalable, and cost-effective water filtration technology. The Company provides products and services to public water systems, government agencies and commercial clients that address the emerging threat of water scarcity and affordability in a region of the world facing severe challenges from climate change. The Company owns approximately 46,000 acres of land with high-quality, naturally-recharging groundwater resources in Southern California’s Mojave Desert (“Cadiz Property”). Land holdings with vested water rights were assembled by the Company’s founders in the early 1980s, relying on NASA imagery that identified a significant desert aquifer system at the base of a vast Southern California watershed. Since its founding in 1983, the Company has developed its land assets in California for sustainable farming and groundwater management, and in recent years, has invested in wellfield and pipeline infrastructure as well as water filtration technology that will enable The Company to play a critical role in serving the needs of people and communities that lack access to clean, reliable and affordable water. The Company’s supply, storage and pipeline assets are located in a remote area of eastern San Bernardino County that sits at the crossroads of major highway, rail, energy, and water infrastructure between California’s primary water supply systems, the Colorado River Basin and the State Water Project. As a result, the Cadiz Water Conservation and Storage Project is well positioned to assist public water agencies in storing and managing unpredictable water supplies and provide reliable, affordable water supplies to chronically underserved areas of California.

Note 1 - Description of Business

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Business Description and Basis of Presentation [Text Block]

Notes To The Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 1 – DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Cadiz Inc. (“Cadiz or the “Company”) is a water solutions provider with a unique combination of land, water, pipeline and water filtration technology assets strategically located in Southern California between major water systems serving population centers in the Southwestern United States. The Company’s portfolio of assets includes 2.5 million acre-feet of water supply, 220 miles of existing, buried pipeline, 1 million acre-feet of groundwater storage capacity, versatile, scalable, and cost-effective water filtration technology. The Company provides products and services to public water systems, government agencies and commercial clients that address the emerging threat of water scarcity and affordability in a region of the world facing severe challenges from climate change.

The Company owns approximately 46,000 acres of land with high-quality, naturally-recharging groundwater resources in Southern California’s Mojave Desert (“Cadiz Property”). Land holdings with vested water rights were assembled by the Company’s founders in the early 1980s, relying on NASA imagery that identified a significant desert aquifer system at the base of a vast Southern California watershed.

Since its founding in 1983, the Company has developed its land assets in California for sustainable farming and groundwater management, and in recent years, has invested in wellfield and pipeline infrastructure as well as water filtration technology that will enable The Company to play a critical role in serving the needs of people and communities that lack access to clean, reliable and affordable water.

The Company’s supply, storage and pipeline assets are located in a remote area of eastern San Bernardino County that sits at the crossroads of major highway, rail, energy, and water infrastructure between California’s primary water supply systems, the Colorado River Basin and the State Water Project. As a result, the Cadiz Water Conservation and Storage Project is well positioned to assist public water agencies in storing and managing unpredictable water supplies and provide reliable, affordable water supplies to chronically underserved areas of California.