10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015

OR

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transaction period from __________________ to __________________

Commission File Number: 0-25248

CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

CAYMAN ISLANDS	98-0619652
(State or other jurisdiction of	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)
Regatta Office Park
Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road
P.O. Box 1114
Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands	N/A
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: (345) 945-4277

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class:	Name of each exchange on which registered:
Common Stock, $0.60 Par Value	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (NASDAQ Global Select Market)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Yes ¨      No x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Yes ¨       No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes x       No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Sec. 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

Yes x       No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this 10-K or any amendments to this Form 10-K. [Not Applicable]

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer ¨ Accelerated filer x Non-accelerated filer ¨ Smaller reporting  company¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes ¨      No x

The aggregate market value of common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based on the closing sales price for the registrant’s common shares, as reported on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 30, 2015, was $180,832,579.

As of March 8, 2016, 14,785,922 shares of the registrant’s common shares were outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the registrant’s Proxy Statement related to its Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be subsequently filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission as to Part III of this Form 10-K.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section	Description	Page
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements		3
PART I		4
Item 1.	Business	4
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	15
Item 1B.	Unresolved Staff Comments	23
Item 2.	Properties	23
Item 3.	Legal Proceedings	26
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosure	27
PART II		28
Item 5.	Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities	28
Item 6.	Selected Financial Data	30
Item 7.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	30
Item 7A.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk	45
Item 8.	Financial Statements and Supplementary Data	46
Item 9.	Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure	89
Item 9A.	Controls and Procedures	89
PART III		91
Item 10.	Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance	91
Item 11.	Executive Compensation	91
Item 12.	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters	91
Item 13.	Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence	91
Item 14.	Principal Accounting Fees and Services	91
PART IV		92
Item 15.	Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules	92
SIGNATURES		98

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our future revenues, future plans, objectives, expectations and events, assumptions and estimates. Forward-looking statements can be identified by use of the words or phrases “will,” “will likely result,” “are expected to,” “will continue,” “estimate,” “project,” “potential,” “believe,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” or similar expressions and variations of such words. Statements that are not historical facts are based on our current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates, forecasts and projections for our business and the industry and markets related to our business.

The forward-looking statements contained in this report are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed in such forward-looking statements. Important factors which may affect these actual outcomes and results include, without limitation:

· tourism and weather conditions in the areas we serve;

· the economies of the U.S. and other countries in which we conduct business;

· our relationships with the governments we serve;

· regulatory matters, including resolution of the negotiations for the renewal of our retail license on Grand Cayman;

· our ability to successfully enter new markets, including Mexico and Asia; and

· other factors, including those “Risk Factors” set forth under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report.

The forward-looking statements in this Annual Report speak as of its date. We expressly disclaim any obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained in this Annual Report to reflect any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any forward-looking statement is based, except as may be required by law.

References herein to “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

Note Regarding Currency and Exchange Rates

Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “$” or “US$” are to United States dollars.

The exchange rate for conversion of Cayman Island dollars (CI$) into US$, as determined by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, has been fixed since April 1974 at US$1.20 per CI$1.00.

The exchange rate for conversion of Belize dollars (BZE$) into US$, as determined by the Central Bank of Belize, has been fixed since 1976 at US $0.50 per BZE$1.00.

The exchange rate for conversion of Bahamas dollars (B$) into US$, as determined by the Central Bank of The Bahamas, has been fixed since 1973 at US$1.00 per B$1.00.

The official currency of the British Virgin Islands is the United States dollar.

Our Netherlands subsidiary conducts business in US$ and euros, our Indonesian subsidiary conducts business in US$ dollars and Indonesian rupiahs, and our Mexico subsidiary conducts business in US$ and Mexican pesos. The exchange rates for conversion of euros, rupiahs and Mexican pesos into US$ vary based upon market conditions.

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview

We develop and operate seawater desalination plants (that utilize reverse osmosis technology) and water distribution systems in areas where naturally occurring supplies of potable water are scarce or nonexistent. Through our subsidiaries and affiliates, we provide the following services to our customers in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia:

• Retail Water Operations. We produce and supply water to end-users, including residential, commercial and government customers in the Cayman Islands under an exclusive retail license issued by the Cayman Islands government to provide water in two of the three most populated and rapidly developing areas on Grand Cayman Island. We also have a desalination plant in Bali, Indonesia that sells water to resort and residential properties. In 2015, our retail water operations generated approximately 41% of our consolidated revenues. Substantially all of our retail revenues were generated by our Grand Cayman operations.

• Bulk Water Operations. We produce and supply water to government-owned distributors in the Cayman Islands, Belize and the Bahamas. In 2015, our bulk water operations generated approximately 56% of our consolidated revenues.

• Services Operations. We provide engineering and management services for desalination projects, which include the design and construction of desalination plants and the management and operation of desalination plants owned by other companies. In 2015, our services operations generated approximately 3% of our consolidated revenues. We also own 99.9% of a Mexican company, N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V., (“NSC”) that we formed to develop a project encompassing the construction and operation of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and an accompanying pipeline to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system. This project is in the development stage and NSC does not presently generate any revenues.

• Affiliate Operations. We own 50% of the voting rights and 43.53% of the equity rights of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”), which produces and supplies bulk water to the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department.

As of December 31, 2015, the number of plants we, or our affiliates, operated in each country and the production capacities of these plants are as follows:

Location	Plants		Capacity(1)
Cayman Islands		7		9.1
Bahamas		3		15.2
Belize		1		0.6
British Virgin Islands		2		0.8
Bali		1		0.8
Total		14		26.5

(1) In millions of gallons per day.

Strategy

Our strategy is to provide water services in areas where (i) the supply of potable water is scarce and (ii) the production of potable water by reverse osmosis desalination is, or will be, economically viable for customers in those areas. We focus primarily on markets with the following characteristics:

• inadequate sources of potable water.

• favorable regulatory and tax environments.

• a large proportion of tourist properties (which historically have generated higher volume sales than residential properties).

• growing populations and economies.

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We believe that our potential market includes any location with a demand for, but a limited supply of, potable water and that has access to seawater. The desalination of seawater is the most widely used process for producing potable water in areas with an insufficient natural supply. In addition, in many locations, desalination is the only commercially viable means to expand the existing water supply. We believe that our experience in the development and operation of reverse osmosis desalination plants provides us with the capabilities to successfully expand our operations beyond our existing markets and we expect to do so in the coming years.

Key elements of our strategy include:

• Expanding our existing operations in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas and Belize. We plan to continue to seek new water supply agreements and licenses, renewing our existing supply agreements, and increasing our production levels in our existing markets.

• Penetrating new markets. We plan to continue to seek opportunities to profitably expand our operations into new markets that have significant unfulfilled demands for potable water. These markets include the rest of the Caribbean, Mexico, Asia, the United States and other areas where we can provide water on a profitable basis and in favorable regulatory environments. We may pursue these opportunities either on our own or through joint ventures and strategic alliances.

• Broadening our existing and future operations into complementary services. We consider opportunities to leverage our water-related expertise to enter complementary service industries as viable complements to our existing business and will pursue such opportunities as they arise. We may pursue these opportunities either on our own or through joint ventures, strategic alliances and/or acquisitions. Consistent with this strategy, in February 2016, we acquired 51% of the ownership of Aerex Industries, Inc., a U.S. original equipment manufacturer and service provider of a wide range of products and services applicable to municipal water and industrial water treatment.

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Our Company

We conduct our operations in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, Indonesia, and the United States through the following operating subsidiaries and affiliates:

 

• Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”). Cayman Water operates under an exclusive retail license granted by the Cayman Islands government to provide water to customers within a prescribed service area on Grand Cayman that includes the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas, two of the three most populated areas in the Cayman Islands. Cayman Water owns and operates four desalination plants and is the only non-government owned public water utility on Grand Cayman.

• Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OC-Cayman”). OC-Cayman provides bulk water under various licenses and agreements to the Water Authority-Cayman, a government-owned utility and regulatory agency, which distributes the water to properties located outside our exclusive retail license service area in Grand Cayman. OC-Cayman operates three desalination plants owned by the Water Authority-Cayman.

• Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Limited (“CW-Bahamas”). We own a 90.9% equity interest in CW-Bahamas, which provides bulk water under long-term contracts to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas, a government agency. CW-Bahamas owns and operates our largest desalination plant and two other desalination plants.

• Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited (“CW-Belize”). CW-Belize owns and operates one desalination plant and has an exclusive contract to provide bulk water to Belize Water Services Ltd., a water distributor that serves residential, commercial and tourist properties in Ambergris Caye, Belize.

• Aquilex, Inc. This subsidiary, a United States company, provides financial, engineering and supply chain management support services to our subsidiaries and affiliates.

• Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”). We own 50% of the voting stock of our affiliate, OC-BVI, a British Virgin Islands company, which sells bulk water to the Government of the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department. We own an overall 43.53% equity interest in OC-BVI’s profits and certain profit sharing rights that raise our effective interest in OC-BVI’s profits to approximately 45%. OC-BVI also pays our subsidiary, DesalCo Limited, fees for certain engineering and administrative services. We account for our investment in OC-BVI under the equity method of accounting.

• DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”). A Cayman Islands company, DesalCo provides management, engineering and construction services for desalination projects.

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• Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”) and N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”). CW-Cooperatief is a wholly-owned Netherlands subsidiary organized in 2010. CW-Cooperatief owns a 99.9% interest in NSC, a Mexican company. NSC was formed to pursue a project encompassing the construction, ownership and operation of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and accompanying pipeline to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system. This project is currently in the development stage and NSC does not generate any operating revenues.

• Consolidated Water (Asia) Pte. Limited (“CW-Asia”) and PT Consolidated Water Bali (“CW-Bali”). During 2012, we formed CW-Asia, a 95% owned Singapore company and CW-Bali, an Indonesian company, which is 95% owned by CW-Asia. CW-Bali owns and operates a 790,000 gallon per day desalination plant that provides water to resort and residential properties in the Nusa Dua area of Bali, Indonesia.

Our Operations

We have three business segments: retail water operations, bulk water operations and services operations. Our retail water operations supply water to end-users, including residential, commercial and government customers. Our bulk water operations supply water to government-owned distributors. Our retail and bulk operations serve customers in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia. Our services operations provide engineering and management services, which include the design and construction of desalination plants and the management and operation of desalination plants.

For fiscal year 2015, our retail water, bulk water and service operations generated approximately 41%, 56% and 3%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues. For information about our business segments and geographical information about our operating revenues and long-lived assets, see Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements at ITEM 8 of this Annual Report.

Retail Water Operations

For fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, our retail water operations accounted for approximately 41%, 37% and 36%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues. This business produces and supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial and government customers in the Cayman Islands and Indonesia.

We sell water through our retail operations to a variety of residential, commercial and government customers through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Cayman Water, which operates under an exclusive license issued to us by the Cayman Islands government. As discussed below, this license was set to expire in July 2010 but has since been extended while negotiations for a new license take place. Pursuant to the license, we have the exclusive right to produce potable water and distribute it by pipeline to our licensed service area which consists of two of the three most populated areas of Grand Cayman Island, Seven Mile Beach and West Bay.

Under our license, we pay a royalty to the government of 7.5% of our gross retail water sales revenues (excluding energy cost adjustments). The selling prices of water sold to our customers are determined by the license and vary depending upon the type and location of the customer and the monthly volume of water purchased. The license provides for an automatic adjustment for inflation or deflation on an annual basis, subject to temporary limited exceptions, and an automatic adjustment for the cost of electricity on a monthly basis. The Water Authority-Cayman (“WAC”), on behalf of the government, reviews and confirms the calculations of the price adjustments for inflation and electricity costs. If we wish to adjust our prices for any reason other than inflation or electricity costs, we must request prior approval of the Cabinet of the Cayman Islands government. Disputes regarding price adjustments would be referred to arbitration.

This license was set to expire on July 10, 2010; however, we and the Cayman Islands government have extended the license several times in order to provide sufficient time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent extension of our license was scheduled to expire December 31, 2015, however, we have been informed by the WAC that our license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process.

In February 2011, the Water (Production and Supply) Law, 2011 and the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2011 (the “New Laws”) were published and enacted. Under the New Laws, the WAC will issue any new license, and such new license could include a rate of return on invested capital model as discussed in the following paragraph.

Following the enactment of the New Laws, we were advised in correspondence from the Cayman Islands government and the WAC that: (i) the WAC is the principal negotiator, and not the Cayman Islands government, in our license negotiations, and (ii) the WAC had determined that a rate of return on invested capital model (“RCAM”) for the retail license is in the best interest of the public and our customers. RCAM is the rate model currently utilized in the electricity transmission and distribution license granted by the Cayman Islands government to the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. We responded to the Cayman Islands government that we disagreed with its position on these two matters and negotiations for a new license temporarily ceased.

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In July 2012, in an effort to resolve several issues relating to our retail license renewal negotiations, we filed an Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (the “Application”) with the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”), stating that: (i) certain provisions of the New Laws appear to be incompatible, (ii) the WAC’s roles as the principal license negotiator, statutory regulator and our competitor put the WAC in a position of hopeless conflict, and (iii) the WAC’s decision to replace the rate structure under our current exclusive license with RCAM was predetermined and unreasonable. In October 2012, we were notified that the Court agreed to consider the issues outlined in the Application.

The hearing for this judicial review was held on April 1, 2014. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties agreed that the Court should solely be concerned with the interpretation of the statutory provisions. As part of this agreement, the WAC agreed to consider our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing. In June 2014, the Court determined that: (i) the renewal of the license does not require a public bidding process; and (ii) the WAC is the proper entity to negotiate with us for the renewal of the license.

Our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing were made to the WAC on June 9, 2014. We received a letter from the WAC dated September 11, 2014, which fully rejected our submissions and stated that they intended to provide us with a draft RCAM license in due course.

On November 21, 2014, we wrote to the Minister of Works offering to recommence license negotiations on the basis of the RCAM model subject to certain conditions which are: (i) the Government would undertake to amend the current water legislation to provide for an independent regulator and a fair and balanced regulatory regime more consistent with that provided under the electrical utility regulatory regime, (ii) the Government and we would mutually appoint an independent referee and chairman of the negotiations, (iii) our new license would provide exclusivity for the production and provision of all piped water, both potable and non-potable, within its Cayman Islands license area, (iv) the Government would allow us to submit our counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, and (v) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under a new license. On March 23 2015, we received a letter from the Minister of Works with the following responses to our November 21, 2014 letter: (1) while the Cayman government plans to create a new public utilities commission, the provision of the new retail license will not depend upon the formation of such a commission; (2) any consideration regarding inclusion of the exclusive right to sell non-potable water within the area covered by the retail license will not take place until after the draft license has proceeded through the review process of the negotiations; (3) rather than allow us to submit our counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, the WAC will draft the license with the understanding that we will be allowed to propose amendments thereto; (4) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under the new license; and (5) a request that we consider eliminating the monthly minimum volume charge in the new license.

We recommenced license negotiations with the WAC during the third quarter of 2015 based upon a draft RCAM license provided by the WAC. Such license negotiations remain on-going. We are presently unable to determine when such negotiations will be completed or the final outcome of such negotiations.

See further discussion of this matter at ITEM 1.A. RISK FACTORS and ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - Material Commitments, Expenditures and Contingencies.

Facilities

Our retail operations in the Cayman Islands produce potable water at four reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman located at our Abel Castillo Water Works (“ACWW”), Britannia and West Bay sites. We own the land for our ACWW and West Bay plants and have entered into a lease for the land for our Britannia plant that expires January 1, 2027. The current production capacity of the two plants located at ACWW is 2.2 million gallons of water per day. The production capacity of the Britannia plant is 715,000 gallons of water per day. The production capacity of the West Bay plant is 910,000 gallons of water per day.

Electricity to our plants is supplied by Caribbean Utilities Co. Ltd., a publicly traded utility company. We maintain diesel engine-driven standby generators at all three retail plant sites with sufficient capacity to operate our distribution pumps and other essential equipment during any temporary interruptions in electricity supply. Standby generation capacity is available at our West Bay plant and ACWW plants to operate a portion of the water production capacity as well.

In the event of an emergency, our distribution system is connected to the distribution system of the WAC. In prior years, we have purchased water from the WAC for brief periods of time and have also sold potable water to the WAC from our retail plants.

Our pipeline system on Grand Cayman covers the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas and consists of approximately 90 miles of potable water pipeline. We extend our distribution system periodically as demand warrants. We have a main pipe loop covering the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas. We place extensions of smaller diameter pipe off our main pipe to service new developments in our service area. This system of building branches from the main pipe keeps construction costs low and allows us to provide service to new areas in a timely manner. Developers are responsible for laying the pipeline within their developments at their own cost, but in accordance with our specifications. When a development is completed, the developer then transfers operation and maintenance of the pipeline to us.

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Customers

We enter into contracts with hotels, condominiums, residential homes and other properties located in our existing licensed area to provide potable water. In the Seven Mile Beach area, our primary customers are the hotels and condominium complexes that serve the tourist industry. In the West Bay area, our primary customers are residential homes.

We bill our customers on a monthly basis based on metered consumption and bills are typically collected within 30 to 35 days after the billing date. Receivables not collected within 45 days subject the customer to disconnection from water service. In 2015, 2014 and 2013, bad debts represented less than 1% of our total annual retail sales. In addition to their past due invoice balance, customers that have had their service disconnected must pay re-connection charges.

Historically, demand on our pipeline distribution has varied throughout the year. Demand depends upon various factors including the number of tourists visiting and the amount of rainfall during any particular time of the year and other cyclical climate conditions. In general, the majority of tourists come from the United States during the winter which is also the dry season.

Developing Retail Operations in Bali, Indonesia

During the latter half of 2012, we commenced, through our subsidiary, PT Consolidated Water Bali, the construction of a seawater reverse osmosis (“SWRO”) plant with an initial capacity of 264,000 gallons per day in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. Nusa Dua has a target customer profile consisting of tourist resorts and luxury/vacation residences comparable to our retail service area on Grand Cayman. We believe the water demands of these properties in Nusa Dua already exceed the supply capacity of the local public water utility, will soon exceed other local sources (such as wells), and that other areas of Bali will also eventually experience fresh water shortages. However, as SWRO has not been employed to any meaningful extent in Bali, we concluded that to obtain customers in Bali we must first demonstrate the viability of SWRO as well as our capabilities and expertise. Consequently, we elected to construct this plant before obtaining water supply agreements for its production. During 2014, we expanded the capacity of this plant to 790,000 gallons per day. We believe sufficient demand exists in Nusa Dua to enable us to sell all of the plant’s capacity, although we cannot assure that we will be able to do so. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million.

See further discussion of our Bali retail operations at ITEM 1.A. RISK FACTORS and ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

Bulk Water Operations

For fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, our bulk water operations accounted for approximately 56%, 60% and 63%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues. This business produces potable water from seawater and sells this water to governments in the Cayman Islands, Belize and The Bahamas.

Bulk Water Operations in the Cayman Islands

Through our wholly-owned subsidiary OC-Cayman we provide bulk water on a take-or-pay basis to the WAC, a government owned utility and regulatory agency, under various agreements. The WAC in turn distributes that water to properties in the parts of Grand Cayman that are outside of our retail license area.

The water we sell to the WAC is produced at three reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants in Grand Cayman that are owned by the WAC but designed, built and operated by OC-Cayman: the Red Gate, North Sound and North Side Water Works plants, which have production capacities of approximately 1.3 million, 1.6 million and 2.4 million gallons of water per day, respectively. The plants that we operate for the WAC are located on land owned by the WAC.

The current operating agreement for the Red Gate plant expires in July 2017. The current operating agreement for the North Sound plant expires in April 2017. The current operating agreement for the North Side Water Works plant expires in June 2019.

Bulk Water Operations in Belize

In Belize, we sell bulk water through our wholly-owned subsidiary CW-Belize.

Facilities

We own the reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant in Belize and lease the land on which our plant is located from the Belize government at an annual rent of BZE$1.00. The land lease expires in March 2026. The production capacity of the plant is 600,000 gallons of water per day.

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Electricity to our plant is supplied by Belize Electricity Limited. At the plant site, we maintain a diesel engine-driven, standby generator with sufficient capacity to operate 100% of our water production equipment during any temporary interruption in the electricity supply.

Customers

In Ambergris Caye, Belize we are the exclusive provider of water to Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), a government controlled entity which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties. BWSL distributes our water primarily to residential properties, small hotels, and businesses that serve the tourist market. The base price of water supplied, and adjustments thereto, are determined by the terms of the contract, which provides for annual adjustments based upon the movement in the government price indices specified in the contract, as well as monthly adjustments for changes in the cost of diesel fuel and electricity.

We have an exclusive contract with BWSL to supply a minimum of 2.03 million gallons of water per week or, upon demand, up to 2.94 million gallons per week, on a take-or-pay basis. This contract expires on March 23, 2026. BWSL has the right, with six months advance notice before the expiration date, to renew the contract for a further 25-year period on the same terms and conditions.

Bulk Water Operations in The Bahamas

We sell bulk water in The Bahamas to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”) and to a private resort on Bimini through our majority-owned subsidiary, CW-Bahamas.

Facilities

We currently supply bulk water in The Bahamas from our Windsor, Blue Hills and Bimini plants.

The water supply agreement for our Windsor plant, which has a capacity of 3.1 million gallons per day, was scheduled to expire in July 2013. As discussed hereinafter, (see “Customers”) at present CW-Bahamas continues to supply water from the Windsor plant on a month-to-month basis at the request of the government of The Bahamas.

We supply water from the Blue Hills plant, our Company’s largest seawater conversion facility with a capacity of 12.0 million gallons per day under the terms of a water supply agreement with the WSC that expires in March 2032.

The Bimini plant has a capacity of 115,000 gallons per day and supplies water to a private resort under a water supply agreement that expires in December 2020.

The high-pressure pumps at our Windsor and Blue Hills plants in the Bahamas are diesel engine-driven. Electricity for the remainder of our plant operations is supplied by Bahamas Electricity Corporation. We maintain a standby generator with sufficient capacity to operate essential equipment at our Windsor and Blue Hills plants and are able to produce 100% of the production capacity with these plants during temporary interruptions in the electricity supply.

Customers

We provide bulk water to the WSC, which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the Island of New Providence.

Pursuant to a water supply agreement, we were required to provide the WSC with at least 16.8 million gallons per week of potable water from the Windsor plant. This water supply agreement was scheduled to expire when we delivered the total amount of water required under the agreement in July 2013, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis. At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to:

i. extend the agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated;

ii. exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated with CW-Bahamas; or

iii. require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

At the request of the government of The Bahamas, we continue to operate and maintain the Windsor plant on a month-to-month basis to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not it will extend CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreement for the Windsor plant on a long-term basis.

Under the terms of the water supply agreement for our Blue Hills plant, we are required to deliver and the WSC is required to purchase a minimum of 63.0 million gallons per week. The term of the Blue Hills water supply agreement expires the later of March 2032 or the date we deliver the total amount of water required under the agreement. At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to:

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i. extend agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated;

ii. exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated with CW-Bahamas; or

iii. require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

Services Operations

For fiscal years 2015, 2014 and 2013, our services operations accounted for approximately 3%, 3% and 1%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues and are comprised of businesses providing services in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, and the British Virgin Islands. These businesses provide engineering and management services, which include designing and constructing desalination plants, and managing and operating plants owned by affiliated companies.

We provide design, engineering and construction services for desalination projects through DesalCo, which is recognized by suppliers as an original equipment manufacturer of reverse osmosis seawater desalination plants for our Company. DesalCo also provides management services to our affiliates.

Our engineering department also conducts research and development. We frequently test new components and technology offered by suppliers in our business and, at times, we collaborate with suppliers in the development of their products.

Aquilex, Inc., our wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary located in Coral Springs, Florida, provides financial, engineering and supply chain support services to our operating segments.

Affiliate Operations

Our affiliate, OC-BVI, sells water to the Government of the British Virgin Islands Water and Sewerage Department (“BVIW&S”). We own 50% of the voting shares of OC-BVI and have an overall 43.53% equity interest in the profits of OC-BVI. We also own separate profit sharing rights in OC-BVI that raise our effective interest in OC-BVI’s profits from 43.53% to approximately 45%. Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited (“Sage”) owns the remaining 50% of the voting shares of OC-BVI and the remaining 55% interest in its profits. Under the Articles of Association of OC-BVI, we have the right to appoint three of the six directors of OC-BVI. Sage is entitled to appoint the remaining three directors. In the event of a tied vote of the directors, the President of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association, a regional trade association comprised primarily of government representatives, is entitled to appoint a junior director to cast a deciding vote.

We provide certain engineering and administrative services to OC-BVI for a monthly fee and a bonus arrangement which provides for payment of 4% of the net operating income of OC-BVI.

We account for our interests in OC-BVI using the equity method of accounting.

Customers

OC-BVI sells bulk water to BVIW&S, which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the islands of Tortola and Jost Van Dyke in the British Virgin Islands. OC-BVI provides operating, engineering and procurement services for the Baughers Bay plant under a short-term agreement with Sage.

Facilities

OC-BVI owns and operates a 720,000 gallons per day plant at Bar Bay, Tortola, that supplies water to the BVI government under a contract dated March 4, 2010 that has a term of seven years with a seven-year renewal option exercisable by the BVI government. OC-BVI purchases electrical power to operate this plant from BVI Electric Co. and operate diesel engine driven emergency power generators which can produce 100% of the plant’s production capacity when BVI Electric Co. is unable to provide power to the plant.

OC-BVI’s plant on the island of Jost Van Dyke has a capacity of 60,000 gallons per day. This plant operates under a 10-year contract with the BVI government that expired July 8, 2013. Pursuant to the contract, OC-BVI is operating the plant on a year-to-year basis until the BVI government informs OC-BVI of its intention to extend the existing, or enter into a new agreement. We purchase electrical power to operate this plant from BVI Electric Co.

Reverse Osmosis Technology

The conversion of seawater to potable water is called desalination. The two primary forms of desalination are distillation and reverse osmosis. Both methods are used throughout the world and technologies are improving to lower the costs of production. Reverse osmosis is a fluid separation process in which the saline water (i.e. seawater) is pressurized and the fresh water is separated from the saline water by passing through a semi-permeable membrane which rejects the salts. The saline water is first passed through a pretreatment system, which generally consists of fine filtration and treatment chemicals, if required. Pre-treatment removes suspended solids and organics which could cause fouling of the membrane surface. Next, a high-pressure pump pressurizes the saline water thus enabling approximately 40% conversion of the saline water to fresh water as it passes through the membrane, while more than 99% of the dissolved salts are rejected and remain in the now concentrated saline water. This concentrate is discharged without passing through the membrane; however, the remaining hydraulic energy in the concentrate is transferred to the initial saline feed water with an energy recovery device thus reducing the total energy requirement for the reverse osmosis system. The final step is post-treatment, which consists of stabilizing the produced fresh water (thereby removing undesirable dissolved gases), adjusting the pH and providing chlorination to prepare it for distribution.

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We use reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to potable water at all of the plants we construct and operate. We believe that this technology is the most effective and efficient conversion process for our markets. However, we are always seeking ways to maximize efficiencies in our current processes and investigating new, more efficient processes to convert seawater to potable water. The equipment at our plants is among the most energy efficient available and we monitor and maintain the equipment in an efficient manner. As a result of our decades of experience in seawater desalination, we believe our expertise and “know how” in the development and operation of desalination plants and similar facilities is easily transferable to locations outside of our current operating areas.

Raw Materials and Sources of Supply

All materials, parts and supplies essential to our business operations are obtained from multiple sources and we use the latest industry technology. We do not manufacture any parts or components for equipment essential to our business. Our access to seawater for processing into potable water is granted through our licenses and contracts with governments of the various jurisdictions in which we have our operations.

Seasonal Variations in Our Business

Our operations are affected by the levels of tourism and are subject to seasonal variations in our service areas. Demand for our water in the Cayman Islands, Belize, and the Bahamas is affected by variations in the level of tourism and local weather, primarily rainfall. Tourism in our service areas is affected by the economies of the tourists’ home countries, primarily the United States and Europe, terrorist activity and perceived threats thereof, and increased costs of fuel and airfares. We normally sell more water during the first and second quarters, when the number of tourists is greater and local rainfall is less in our markets, than in the third and fourth quarters.

Government Regulations, Custom Duties and Taxes

Our operations and activities are subject to the governmental regulations and taxes of the countries in which we operate. The following summary of regulatory developments and legislation does not purport to describe all present and proposed regulation and legislation that may affect our businesses. Legislative or regulatory requirements currently applicable to our businesses may change in the future. Any such changes could impose new obligations on us that may adversely affect our businesses and operating results.

The Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands are a British Overseas Territory and have had a stable political climate since 1670, when the Treaty of Madrid ceded the Cayman Islands to England. The Queen of England appoints the Governor of the Cayman Islands to make laws with the advice and consent of the legislative assembly. The legislative assembly consists of 18 elected members and two members appointed by the Governor from the Civil Service. The Cabinet is responsible for day-to-day government operations. The Cabinet consists of seven ministers who are chosen by the Premier from its 18 popularly elected members, and the two Civil Service members. The elected members choose from among themselves a leader, who is designated the Premier, and is in effect the leader of the elected government. The Governor has reserved powers and the United Kingdom retains full control over foreign affairs and defense. The Cayman Islands are a common law jurisdiction and have adopted a legal system similar to that of the United Kingdom.

The Cayman Islands have no taxes on profits, income, distributions, capital gains or appreciation. We have exemptions from, or receive concessionary rates of customs duties on capital expenditures for plant and major consumable spare parts and supplies imported into the Cayman Islands under our retail water license. We do not pay import duty or taxes on reverse osmosis membranes, electric pumps and motors, and chemicals, but we do pay duty at the rate of 10% of the cost, including insurance and transportation to the Cayman Islands, of other plant and associated materials and equipment to manufacture or supply water in the Seven Mile Beach or West Bay areas. We have been advised by the Government of the Cayman Islands that we will not receive any duty concessions in our new retail water license.

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The Bahamas

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas is an independent nation and a constitutional parliamentary democracy with the Queen of England as the constitutional head of state. The basis of the Bahamian law and legal system is the English common law tradition with a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and a Magistrates court.

Under the current laws of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, no income, corporation, capital gains or other taxes are payable by us. We are required to pay an annual business license fee (the calculation of which is based on our preceding year’s financial statements) which to date has not been material to the results of our Bahamas operations.

Belize

Belize achieved full independence from the United Kingdom in 1981. Today, Belize is a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a constitution in 1981. Based on the British model with three independent branches, the Queen of England is the constitutional head of state, represented by a Governor General. A Prime Minister and cabinet make up the executive branch, while a 31 member elected House of Representatives and a 13 member appointed Senate form a bicameral legislature. The cabinet consists of a prime minister, other ministers and ministers of state who are appointed by the Governor-General on the advice of the Prime Minister, who has the support of the majority party in the House of Representatives. Belize is an English common law jurisdiction with a Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and local Magistrate Courts.

The Government of Belize has exempted CW-Belize from certain customs duties and all revenue replacement duties until April 18, 2026, and had exempted CW-Belize from company taxes until January 28, 2006. Belize levies a gross receipts tax on corporations at a rate varying between 0.75% and 25%, depending on the type of business, and a corporate income tax at a rate of 25% of chargeable income. Gross receipts tax payable amounts are credited towards corporate income tax. The Government of Belize also implemented certain environmental taxes and a general sales tax effective July 1, 2006 and increased certain business and personal taxes and created new taxes effective March 1, 2005. Belize levies import duty on most imported items at rates varying between 0% and 45%, with most items attracting a rate of 20%. Under the terms of our water supply agreement with BWSL we are reimbursed by BWSL for all taxes and customs duties that we are required to pay and we record this reimbursement as an offset to our tax expense.

The British Virgin Islands

The British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”) is a British Overseas Territory, with the Queen as the Head of State and Her Majesty’s representative, the Governor, responsible for external affairs, defense and internal security, the Civil Service and administration of the courts. Since 1967, the BVI has held responsibility for its own internal affairs.

The BVI Constitution provides for the people of the BVI to be represented by a ministerial system of government, led by an elected Premier, a Cabinet of Ministers and the House of Assembly. The House of Assembly consists of 13 elected representatives, the Attorney General, and the Speaker.

The judicial system, based on English law, is under the direction of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, which includes the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal. The ultimate appellate court is the Privy Council in London.

Bali, Indonesia

Bali is an Indonesian island with a population of over four million located between Java to the west and Lombok to the east. Bali is one of the world’s premier island tourist destinations, home to numerous four and five star resorts. Bali is renowned for its highly developed arts, beautiful surroundings (both mountain and coastal areas), diverse tourist attractions, excellent international and local restaurants, and the friendliness of the local people. Under the current laws of Bali, Indonesia, we are subject to corporate income taxes.

Market and Service Area

Although we currently operate in the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, The Commonwealth of The Bahamas, and Indonesia, we believe that our potential market consists of any location where a need exists for potable water and with access to seawater or brackish water. The desalination of seawater, either through distillation or reverse osmosis, is the most widely used process for producing potable water in areas with an insufficient natural supply. We believe our experience in the development and operation of reverse osmosis desalination plants provides us with a significant opportunity to successfully expand our operations beyond the markets in which we currently operate.

Cayman Islands. The Cayman Islands government, through the WAC, supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman, which are not within our licensed area, as well as to Cayman Brac. We operate all but one of the reverse osmosis desalination plants owned by the WAC on Grand Cayman and supply water under licenses and supply agreements held by OC-Cayman with the WAC.

According to the most recent information published by the Economics and Statistics Office of the Cayman Islands Government, the population of the Cayman Islands was estimated in December 2015 to be 60,413. According to the figures published by the Department of Tourism Statistics Information Center, during the year ended December 31, 2015, tourist air arrivals increased by less than 1% and tourist cruise ship arrivals increased by 6.7% compared to 2014.

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Total visitors for the year increased from 2.0 million in 2014 to 2.1 million in 2015. We believe that our water sales in the Cayman Islands are more positively impacted by stay-over tourists that arrive by air than by those arriving by cruise ship, since cruise ship tourists generally only visit the island for one day or less and do not remain on the island overnight.

The Bahamas. On South Bimini Island in The Bahamas, we supply water to a private developer and do not have competitors. GE Water operates a seawater desalination plant on North Bimini Island and other small family islands. We competed with companies such as GE Water, Veolia, IDE, OHL Inima and Biwater for the contract with the Bahamian government to build and operate a seawater desalination plant at Blue Hills, New Providence, Bahamas. We expect to compete with these companies and others for any future water supply contracts in The Bahamas.

Belize. Our current operations in Belize are located on Ambergris Caye, which consists of residential, commercial and tourist properties in the town of San Pedro. This town is located on the southern end of Ambergris Caye, one of many islands located east of the Belize mainland and off the southeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula. Ambergris Caye is approximately 25 miles long and, according to the Central Statistical Office “Belize: 2010 National Census Overview”, has a population of about 11,500 residents. We provide bulk potable water to BWSL, which distributes this water to this market. BWSL currently has no other source of potable water on Ambergris Caye. Our contract with BWSL makes us their exclusive producer of desalinated water on Ambergris Caye through 2026.

A 185 mile long barrier reef, which is the largest barrier reef in the Western Hemisphere, is situated just offshore of Ambergris Caye. This natural attraction is a choice destination for scuba divers and tourists. According to information published by the Belize Trade and Investment Development Service, tourism is Belize’s second largest source of foreign income, next to agriculture.

British Virgin Islands. The British Virgin Islands are a British Overseas Territory and are situated east of Puerto Rico. They consist of 16 inhabited and more than 20 uninhabited islands, of which Tortola is the largest and most populated. The British Virgin Islands serve as a hub for many large yacht-chartering businesses.

Competition

Cayman Islands. Pursuant to our license granted by the Cayman Islands government, we have the exclusive right to provide potable, piped water within our licensed service area on Grand Cayman. At the present time, we are the only non-government-owned public water utility on Grand Cayman. The Cayman Islands government, through the WAC, supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman located outside of our licensed service area. Although we have no competition within our exclusive retail license service area for potable water, our ability to expand our service area is at the discretion of the Cayman Island government. Private residences and commercial multi-unit dwellings up to four units may install potable water making equipment for their own use. Water plants on premises within our license area and serving only their premises in existence prior to 1991 can be maintained but not replaced or expanded. We are aware of only one such plant currently in operation. The Cayman Islands government, through the WAC, supplies water to parts of Grand Cayman outside of our licensed service area. We have competed with such companies as GE Water, Veolia, and IDE for bulk water supply contracts with the WAC.

The Bahamas. On South Bimini Island in The Bahamas, we supply water to a private developer and do not have competitors. GE Water operates a seawater desalination plant on North Bimini Island and other small islands. We competed with companies such as GE Water, Veolia, IDE, OHL Inima and Biwater for the contract with the Bahamian government to build and operate a seawater desalination plant at Blue Hills, New Providence, Bahamas. We expect to compete with these companies and others for any future water supply contracts in The Bahamas.

Belize. On Ambergris Caye in Belize, our water supply contract with Belize Water Services Limited is exclusive, and Belize Water Services Limited cannot seek contracts with other water suppliers, or produce water itself, to meet their future needs in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize.

British Virgin Islands. In the British Virgin Islands, GE Water operates seawater desalination plants in West End, Tortola, and on Virgin Gorda and generally bids against OC-BVI for projects. In 2010, Biwater PLC negotiated a 16 year contract on a sole sourced basis, pursuant to which it has constructed and is operating a 2.75 million gallon per day desalination plant in Parakeeta Bay, Tortola for the British Virgin Islands government.

Bali, Indonesia. In Bali, we compete against local water treatment equipment suppliers who provide equipment and services to individual resort properties.

To implement our growth strategy outside our existing operating areas, we will have to compete with some of the same companies we competed with for the Blue Hills project in Nassau, Bahamas such as GE Water, Veolia, IDE Technologies, GS Inima, and Biwater as well as other companies. Some of these companies currently operate in areas in which we would like to expand our operations and already maintain worldwide operations having greater financial, managerial and other resources than our company. We believe that our low overhead costs, knowledge of local markets and conditions and our efficient manner of operating desalinated water production and distribution equipment provide us with the capabilities to effectively compete for new projects in the Caribbean basin and other select markets.

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Environmental and Health Regulatory Matters

Cayman Islands. With respect to our Cayman Islands operations, we operate our water plants in accordance with guidelines of the Cayman Islands Department of Environmental Health. We are licensed by the WAC to discharge concentrated seawater, which is a byproduct of our desalination process, into deep disposal wells.

Our Cayman Islands license requires that our potable water quality meet the World Health Organization’s Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality and contain less than 200 mg/l of total dissolved solids.

The Bahamas, Belize, and British Virgin Islands. With respect to our Bahamas and Belize operations and OC-BVI’s British Virgin Islands operations, we and OC-BVI are required by our water supply contracts to take all reasonable measures to prevent pollution of the environment. We are licensed by the Belize and Bahamian governments to discharge concentrated seawater, which is a by-product of our desalination process, into deep disposal wells. OC-BVI is licensed by the British Virgin Islands government to discharge concentrated seawater into the sea. At several of our locations hydrogen sulfide gas is present in the seawater and we operate our plants in a manner so as to minimize the emission of airborne gas into the environment.

We are not aware of any existing or pending environmental legislation which may affect our operations. To date, we have not received any complaints from any regulatory authorities.

Employees

As of March 8, 2016, we employed a total of 127 persons, 67 in the Cayman Islands, 21 in The Bahamas, 22 in the United States, seven in Belize and five in Asia. We also managed the five employees of OC-BVI in the British Virgin Islands. We have 10 management employees and 34 administrative and clerical employees. The remaining employees are engaged in engineering, purchasing, plant maintenance and operations, pipe laying and repair, leak detection, new customer connections, meter reading and laboratory analysis of water quality. None of our employees is a party to a collective bargaining agreement. We consider our relationships with our employees to be good.

Available Information

Our website address is http://www.cwco.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report, and you should not consider information contained on our website as part of this Annual Report.

We have adopted a written code of conduct and ethics that applies to all of our employees and directors, including, but not limited to, our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, the charters of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Nominations and Corporate Governance Committee and the Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Corporate Governance Guidelines of our Board of Directors, are available at the Investors portion of our website.

You may access, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and current reports on Form 8-K, plus amendments to such reports as filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, on our website and on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. In addition, paper copies of these documents may be obtained free of charge by writing us at the following address: Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., Regatta Office Park, Windward Three, 4th Floor, West Bay Road, P.O. Box 1114, Grand Cayman, KY1-1102, Cayman Islands, Attention: Investor Relations; or by calling us at (345) 945-4277.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common shares involves risks. Prior to making a decision about investing in our common shares, you should consider carefully the factors discussed below and the information contained in this Annual Report. Each of these risks, as well as other risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, and cause the value of our common shares to decline, which may result in the loss of part or all of your investment.

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Our exclusive license to provide water to retail customers in the Cayman Islands may not be renewed in the future.

In the Cayman Islands, we provide water to retail customers under a license issued in July 1990 by the Cayman Islands government that grants our subsidiary, Cayman Water, the exclusive right to provide water to retail customers within our licensed service area. Our service area is comprised of an area on Grand Cayman that includes the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas, two of the three most populated areas in the Cayman Islands. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, we generated approximately 40%, 36% and 36%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues and approximately 55%, 53% and 52%, respectively, of our consolidated gross profits from the retail water operations conducted pursuant to this license. If we are not in default of any of its terms, the license provides us with the right to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those that the government offers to any third party.

This license was set to expire on July 10, 2010; however, the Cayman Islands government and we have extended the license several times in order to provide sufficient time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent extension of our license was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015, however, we have been informed by the Water Authority- Cayman (“WAC”) that our license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process.

In February 2011, the Water (Production and Supply) Law, 2011 and the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2011 (the “New Laws”) were published and enacted. Under the New Laws, the WAC will issue any new license, and such new license could include a rate of return on invested capital model, as discussed in the following paragraph.

Following the enactment of the New Laws, we were advised in correspondence from the Cayman Islands government and the WAC that: (i) the WAC is the principal negotiator, and not the Cayman Islands government, in our license negotiations, and (ii) the WAC had determined that a rate of return on invested capital model (“RCAM”) for the retail license is in the best interest of the public and our customers. RCAM is the rate model currently utilized in the electricity transmission and distribution license granted by the Cayman Islands government to the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. We responded to the Cayman Islands government that we disagreed with its position on these two matters and negotiations for a new license temporarily ceased.

In July 2012, in an effort to resolve several issues relating to our retail license renewal negotiations, we filed an Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (the “Application”) with the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”), stating that: (i) certain provisions of the New Laws appear to be incompatible, (ii) the WAC’s roles as the principal license negotiator, statutory regulator and our competitor put the WAC in a position of hopeless conflict, and (iii) the WAC’s decision to replace the rate structure under our current exclusive license with RCAM was predetermined and unreasonable. In October 2012, we were notified that the Court agreed to consider the issues outlined in the Application.

The hearing for this judicial review was held on April 1, 2014. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties agreed that the Court should solely be concerned with the interpretation of the statutory provisions. As part of this agreement, the WAC agreed to consider our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing. In June 2014, the Court determined that: (i) the renewal of the license does not require a public bidding process; and (ii) the WAC is the proper entity to negotiate with us for the renewal of the license.

Our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing were made to the WAC on June 9, 2014. We received a letter from the WAC dated September 11, 2014, which fully rejected our submissions and stated that the WAC intend to provide us with a draft RCAM license in due course.

On November 21, 2014, we wrote to the Minister of Works offering to recommence license negotiations on the basis of the RCAM model subject to certain conditions which are: (i) the Government would undertake to amend the current water legislation to provide for an independent regulator and a fair and balanced regulatory regime more consistent with that provided under the electrical utility regulatory regime, (ii) the Government and we would mutually appoint an independent referee and chairman of the negotiations, (iii) our new license would provide exclusivity for the production and provision of all piped water, both potable and non-potable, within our Cayman Islands license area, (iv) the Government would allow us to submit our counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, and (v) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under a new license. On March 23 2015, we received a letter from the Minister of Works with the following responses to our November 21, 2014 letter: (1) that while the Cayman government plans to create a public utilities commission, the provision of a new license will not depend upon the formation of such a commission; (2) any consideration regarding inclusion of the exclusive right to sell non-potable water within the area covered by the retail license will not take place until after the draft license has proceeded through the review process of the negotiations; (3) rather than allow us to submit a counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, the WAC will draft the license with the understanding that we will be allowed to propose amendments thereto; (4) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under the new license; and (5) a request that we consider eliminating our monthly minimum volume charge in the new license.

We recommenced license negotiations with the WAC during the third quarter of 2015 based upon a draft RCAM license provided by the WAC. Such license negotiations remain on-going. We are presently unable to determine when such negotiations will be completed or the final outcome of such negotiations.

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The Cayman Islands government could ultimately offer a third party a license to service some or all of our present service area. However, as set forth in the existing license, “the Governor hereby agrees that upon the expiry of the term of this Licence or any extension thereof, he will not grant a licence or franchise to any other person or company for the processing, distribution, sale and supply of water within the Licence Area without having first offered such a licence or franchise to the Company on terms no less favourable than the terms offered to such other person or company.”

The resolution of these license negotiations could result in a material reduction of the operating income and cash flows we have historically generated from our retail operations and could require us to record an impairment charge to reduce the $3,499,037 carrying value of our goodwill. Such impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

Our bulk water supply agreements with our customers in the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas may not be renewed or may be renewed on terms less favorable to us.

All of our bulk water supply agreements are for fixed terms, and such agreements for plants that we operate but are owned by our customers provide for our customers to take over the operations of the plant upon expiration of the agreements.

Our bulk water supply agreements with the WAC for their North Sound and Red Gate plants expire in April 2017 and July 2017 respectively. Our bulk water supply agreement with the WAC for their North Side Water Works plant expires in June 2019. We generated $3.0 million, $3.0 million, and $2.4 million in revenues from the North Sound, Red Gate, and North Side Water Works plants, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2015.

The water supply agreement with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”) for our Windsor plant was scheduled to expire with the delivery of the total amount of water required under the agreement in July 2013, but has since been extended on a month-to-month basis. At the request of the government of The Bahamas, we continue to maintain and operate the Windsor plant to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not to enter into a long term water supply agreement with us for the Windsor plant. We generated $5.8 million in revenues from this plant during the year ended December 31, 2015.

If our bulk water supply agreements are not renewed or are renewed on terms less favorable to us, our results of operations and cash flows and financial condition will be adversely affected and we could be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the $3,499,037 carrying value of our goodwill. Such impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

We have purchased $20.7 million in land and equipment and incurred development expenses totaling approximately $16.8 million for a possible project in Mexico. We expect to expend significant additional funds in 2016 to continue to pursue this project. However, we may not be successful in completing this project.

We own a 99.9% interest in N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”), a development stage Mexico company formed to pursue a project encompassing the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and an accompanying pipeline to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system (the “Project”). As of December 31, 2015, our consolidated balance sheet includes purchases for the Project of $20.6 million in land and $117,000 in equipment. The project development activities we have conducted, which include conducting an equipment piloting plant and water data collection program at the proposed feed water source, completing various engineering studies and obtaining various governmental permits, have resulted in additional developmental expenses totaling $16.8 million from 2010 through 2015.

In August 2014, the State of Baja California enacted new legislation to regulate Public-Private Association projects which involve the type of long-term contract between a public sector authority and a private party that NSC is seeking to complete the Project. Pursuant to this new legislation, on January 4, 2015, NSC submitted an expression of interest for its project to the Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development of the State of Baja California (“SIDUE”). On January 23, 2015, SIDUE accepted NSC’s expression of interest and requested that NSC submit a detailed proposal for the Project that complies with requirements of the new legislation. NSC submitted this detailed proposal (the “APP Proposal”) to SIDUE in late March 2015. The new legislation requires that such proposal be evaluated by SIDUE and submitted to the Public-Private Association Projects State Committee (the “APP Committee”) for review and authorization. If the APP Committee grants its authorization, the State of Baja California (the “State”) is required to conduct a public tender for the Project.

In response to our APP Proposal, in September 2015 NSC received a letter dated June 30, 2015 from the Director General of the Comisión Estatal de Agua de Baja California (“CEA”), the State agency with responsibility for the Project. In this letter, CEA stated that (i) in its opinion, the Project is in the public interest with high social benefits and is consistent with the objectives of the State Development Plan and (ii) that the Project and accompanying required public tender process should be conducted. On November 6, 2015, the State officially commenced the tender for the Project and set March 23, 2016 as the tender submission date. The State tendering process requires that prospective bidders provide certain legal, technical and financial qualifications in order to obtain the tender documents. NSC submitted its qualifications to the State, obtained the tender documents, and plans to submit its tender to the State on or before the March 23, 2016 deadline.

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Despite the expenditures we have made and the activities we have completed to date, upon completion of the tender process the State may award the Project to a party other than NSC, or the State may cancel the tender process. If NSC is not awarded the Project, the land we have purchased may lose its strategic importance as the site for the Project and consequently may decline in value. If NSC is not awarded the Project we may ultimately be unable to sell this land for amount equal to or in excess of its current carrying value of $20.6 million, and any loss on sale of the land, or impairment charge we may be required to record as a result of a decrease in the fair value of the land, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

In October 2015, we learned that EWG Water LLC (“EWG”), a minority shareholder in NSC, has filed a lawsuit against NSC, CW-Cooperatief, the Public Registry of Commerce of Tijuana, Baja California, and other parties in the Civil Court located in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico.

In this lawsuit, EWG is challenging the capital investment transactions that increased our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. EWG requested that the court, as a preliminary matter: (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records; and (c) appoint an inspector for NSC to oversee its commercial activities. The court granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG.

Additionally, EWG is also seeking an order directing: (i) NSC and CW-Cooperatief to refrain from carrying out any transactions with respect to the Project; and (ii) NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and the partners thereof, to refrain from transferring any interests in NSC and CW-Cooperatief. The court has not yet ruled on these requests.

This litigation could adversely impact our efforts to complete the Project. 

We expect the fair value of our investment in OC-BVI to decrease as its sole water supply contract matures. As this decrease in fair value occurs, we will be required to record impairment losses in future periods to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI to its decreased fair value.

We account for our investment in OC-BVI under the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock. This method requires recognition of a loss on an equity investment that is other than temporary, and indicates that a current fair value of an equity investment that is less than its carrying amount may indicate a loss in the value of the investment.

As a quoted market price for OC-BVI’s stock is not available, to test for possible impairment of our investment in OC-BVI, we estimate its fair value through the use of the discounted cash flow method, which relies upon projections of OC-BVI’s operating results, working capital and capital expenditures. The use of this method requires us to estimate OC-BVI’s cash flows from (i) its water supply agreement with the BVI government for its Bar Bay plant (the “Bar Bay agreement”); and (ii) the pending amount awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government (see further discussion of the Baughers Bay litigation at Item 8. - Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 8).

We estimate the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from its Bar Bay agreement by (i) identifying various possible future scenarios for this agreement, which include the cancellation of the agreement after its initial seven-year term, and the exercise by the BVI government of the seven-year extension in the agreement; (ii) estimating the cash flows associated with each possible scenario; and (iii) assigning a probability to each scenario. We similarly estimate the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from the BVI government for the amount due under the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government by assigning probabilities to different valuation scenarios. The resulting probability-weighted sum represents the expected cash flows, and our best estimate of future cash flows, to be derived by OC-BVI from its Bar Bay agreement and the pending court award.

The identification of the possible scenarios for the Bar Bay plant agreement and the Baughers Bay plant valuation, the projections of cash flows for each scenario, and the assignment of relative probabilities to each scenario all represent significant estimates made by us. While we use our best judgment in identifying these possible scenarios, estimating the expected cash flows for these scenarios and assigning relative probabilities to each scenario, these estimates are by their nature highly subjective and are also subject to material change by our management over time based upon new information or changes in circumstances.

During the fiscal year 2015, after reassessing and revising our probability-weighted estimates of OC-BVI’s future cash flows and our resulting estimate of the fair value of our investment in OC-BVI, we determined that the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded impairment losses on this investment totaling $1.1 million. The resulting $4.5 million carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI as of December 31, 2015 assumes that the BVI government will honor its obligations under the Bar Bay agreement and also assumes (on a probability-weighted basis) that the (i) BVI government will exercise its option to extend the Bar Bay agreement for seven years beyond its initial term, which expires March 4, 2017, and (ii) OC-BVI will receive the pending amount (as estimated by us) awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

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The remaining $4.5 million carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI as of December 31, 2015 exceeds our underlying equity in OC-BVI’s net assets by approximately $900,000. We account for this excess as goodwill. The BVI government is OC-BVI’s sole customer and substantially all of OC-BVI’s revenues are generated from its Bar Bay plant. As the Bar Bay agreement matures to its March 4, 2017 expiration date and OC-BVI receives the pending court award amount assumed due for the value of the Baughers Bay plant, OC-BVI’s expected future cash flows, and therefore its fair value computed under the discounted cash flow method, will decrease. Unless OC-BVI obtains an expansion or other modification of its Bar Bay agreement that results in a significant increase in the estimated future cash flows from its Bar Bay plant, we will be required to record impairment losses in 2016 to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI to its then current fair value. These impairment losses will, in the aggregate, at least equal the underlying $900,000 in goodwill reflected in the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI. The losses we record for our investment in OC-BVI in the future will exceed this $900,000 if OC-BVI ultimately ceases operations at its Bar Bay plant, as OC-BVI will be required to record an impairment loss to reduce the carrying value of its Bar Bay plant to its then estimated fair value. OC-BVI’s aggregate carrying value of the assets that comprise its Bar Bay plant was approximately $4.4 million as of December 31, 2015. Future impairment losses for our investment in OC-BVI and our equity in any future operating losses incurred by OC-BVI could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

We have constructed a plant in Bali, Indonesia pursuant to the belief that the future demand for our water in this area will enable us to sell water in sufficient quantities to generate profits from this plant. If we are unable to significantly increase the amount of water we presently sell from this plant, we will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of this plant’s assets.

Through our subsidiary, CW-Bali, we have built and presently operate a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. We built this plant based upon our belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable us to sell all of this plant’s production. Our current sales volumes for this plant are not sufficient to cover its operating costs, and CW-Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000) for the year ended December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million. If we are not able to significantly increase the revenues generated by this plant in the future, we will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of CW-Bali’s plant assets to their fair value. Such an impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

We do not have voting control over our affiliate, OC-BVI. Should our interests and the interests of OC-BVI’s other voting shareholder diverge, the operations of OC-BVI could be adversely affected which could decrease the value of our investment in OC-BVI.

We own 43.53% of the equity and 50% of the voting shares of OC-BVI. We and Sage, which owns the remaining 50% of the voting shares, are each entitled to appoint three of the six directors of OC-BVI. If a tie vote of the directors occurs on any matter, the president of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association, a regional trade association comprised primarily of government representatives, is entitled to appoint a temporary director to cast the deciding vote. As a result, although we provide operating management and engineering services to OC-BVI, we share the overall management of OC-BVI with Sage and do not fully control its operations. A divergence of our interests and the interests of Sage could adversely affect the operations of OC-BVI and in turn decrease the value of our investment in OC-BVI, in which case we could be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI. Such an impairment charge would reduce our earnings and could have a material adverse impact on our result of operations and financial condition.

The profitability of our plants is dependent upon our ability to accurately estimate the costs of their construction and operation.

The cost estimates we prepare in connection with the construction and operation of our plants are subject to inherent uncertainties. Additionally, the terms of our supply contracts may require us to guarantee the price of water on a per unit basis, subject to certain annual inflation and monthly energy cost adjustments, and to assume the risk that the costs associated with producing this water may be greater than anticipated. Because we base our contracted price of water in part on our estimation of future construction and operating costs, the profitability of our plants is dependent on our ability to estimate these costs accurately. The cost of materials and services and the cost of the delivery of such services may increase significantly after we submit our bid for a plant, which could cause the gross profit and net return on investment for a plant to be less than we anticipated when the bid was made. The profit margins we initially expect to generate from a plant could be further reduced if future operating costs for that plant exceed our estimates of such costs. These future operating costs could be affected by a variety of factors, including lower than anticipated production efficiencies and hydrological conditions at the plant site that differ materially from those we believe would exist at the time we submitted our bid. Any construction and operating costs for our plants that significantly exceed our initial estimates could adversely affect our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

A significant portion of our consolidated revenues are derived from two customers. A loss of, or a less favorable relationship with, either of these customers could adversely affect us.

Our top two bulk water customers, the WAC and the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas, accounted for approximately 15% and 36%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues for the year ended December 31, 2015. If either of these customers terminate for cause or decide not to renew their contracts with us, or renew such contracts on terms that are less favorable to us, or become unable for financial or other reasons to comply with the terms of our contracts with them, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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Possible future regulatory oversight and control could adversely impact our Belize operations.

By Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published an order, the Public Utility Provider Class Declaration Order, 2009 (the “Order”), which as of May 1, 2009 designated CW-Belize as a public utility provider under the laws of Belize. With this designation, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (the “PUC”) has the authority to set the rates charged by CW-Belize and to otherwise regulate its activities. On November 1, 2010, CW-Belize received a formal complaint from the PUC alleging that CW-Belize was operating without a license under the terms of the Water Industry Act. CW-Belize applied for this license in December 2010. On July 29, 2011, the PUC issued the San Pedro Public Water Supply Quality and Security Complaint Order (the “Second Order”) which among other things requires that (i) CW-Belize and its customer jointly make a submission to the responsible Minister requesting that the area surrounding CW-Belize’s seawater abstraction wells be designated a forest reserve or national park and be designated a Controlled Area under section 58 of the Water Industry Act, (ii) CW-Belize submit an operations manual for CW-Belize’s desalination plant to the PUC for approval, (iii) CW-Belize and its customer modify the water supply agreement between the parties to (a) include new water quality parameters included in the Order and (b) cap the current exclusive water supply arrangement in the agreement at a maximum of 450,000 gallons per day, (iv) CW-Belize keep a minimum number of replacement seawater RO membranes in stock at all times and (v) CW-Belize take possession of and reimburse the PUC for certain equipment which the PUC purchased from a third-party in late 2010. CW-Belize has applied for declaratory judgment and has been granted a temporary injunction to stay the enforcement of the Second Order by the PUC until such time as the Belize courts could hear the matter. The initial hearing on this matter was conducted on October 30 and 31, 2012 with an additional hearing on November 29, 2012. The ruling on this case is pending. An unfavorable ruling on the Order or the Second Order could have an adverse impact on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

Our operations are affected by tourism and are subject to seasonal fluctuations that could affect the demand for our water.

Our operations are affected by the levels of tourism and are subject to seasonal variations in our service areas. Demand for our water in the Cayman Islands, Belize, Bimini and The Bahamas is affected by variations in the level of tourism and local weather, primarily rainfall. Tourism in our service areas is affected by the economies of the tourists’ home countries, primarily the United States and Europe, terrorist activity and perceived threats thereof, and increased costs of fuel and airfares. We normally sell more water during the first and second quarters, when the number of tourists is greater and local rainfall is less, than in the third and fourth quarters. A downturn in tourism or greater than expected rainfall in the locations we serve could adversely affect our revenues, cash flows and results of operations.

We may have difficulty accomplishing our growth strategy within and outside of our current operating areas.

Our expansion both within our current operating areas and into new areas involves significant risks, including, but not limited to, the following:

• regulatory risks, including government relations difficulties, local regulations, currency controls and fluctuations in currency exchange rates;

• receiving and maintaining necessary permits, licenses and approvals;

• political instability, reliance on local economies, environmental problems, shortages of materials, immigration restrictions and limited skilled labor;

• risks related to development of new operations, including inaccurate assessment of the demand for water, engineering difficulties and inability to begin operations as scheduled; and

• risks relating to greater competition in these new territories, including the ability of our competitors to gain or retain market share by reducing prices.

Even if we successfully expand our operations, we may have difficulty managing our growth. We cannot assure you that any new operations within or outside of our current operating areas will attain or maintain profitability or that the results from these new operations will not adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Performance shortfalls under any of our bulk supply contracts could result in penalties or cancellation of the contract.

Our bulk water supply contracts require us to meet specified minimum quality, quantity or energy consumption guarantees. Membrane fouling or other technical problems could occur at any of our plants, and if we are unable to meet the guarantees due to such operating issues, we could be in technical default of the supply contract and subject to various adverse consequences, including financial penalties or cancellation of the contract.

Our operations could be harmed by hurricanes or tropical storms.

A hurricane or tropical storm could cause major damage to our equipment and properties and the properties of our customers, including the large tourist properties in our areas of operation. For example, in September 2004 Hurricane Ivan caused significant damage to our plants and our customers’ properties, which adversely affected our revenues. Any future damage could cause us to lose use of our equipment and properties and incur additional repair costs. Damage to our customers’ properties and the adverse impact on tourism could result in a decrease in water demand. A hurricane or tropical storm could also disrupt the delivery of equipment and supplies, including electricity, necessary to our operations. These and other possible effects of hurricanes or tropical storms could have an adverse impact on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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Contamination of our processed water may cause disruption in our services and adversely affect our revenues.

Our processed water may become contaminated by natural occurrences and by inadvertent or intentional human interference, including acts of terrorism. In the event that a portion of our processed water is contaminated, we may have to interrupt the supply of water until we are able to install treatment equipment or substitute the flow of water from an uncontaminated water production source. In addition, we may incur significant costs in order to treat a contaminated source of plant feed water through expansion of our current treatment facilities, or development of new treatment methods. An inability by us to substitute processed water from an uncontaminated water source or to adequately treat the contaminated plant feed water in a cost-effective manner may have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Potential government decisions, actions and regulations could negatively affect our operations.

We are subject to the local regulations of the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands, and The Bahamas, all of which are subject to change. Any government that regulates our operations may issue legislation or adopt new regulations, including but not limited to:

• restricting foreign ownership (by us);

• providing for the expropriation of our assets by the government;

• providing for nationalization of public utilities by the government;

• providing for different water quality standards;

• unilaterally changing or renegotiating our licenses and agreements;

• restricting the transfer of U.S. currency; or

• causing currency exchange fluctuations/devaluations or making changes in tax laws.

As new laws and regulations are issued, we may be required to modify our operations and business strategy, which we may be unable to do in a cost-effective manner. Failure by us to comply with applicable regulations could result in the loss of our licenses or authorizations to operate, the assessment of penalties or fines, or otherwise may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

The rates we charge our retail customers in the Cayman Islands are subject to regulation. If we are unable to obtain government approval of our requests for rate increases, or if approved rate increases are untimely or inadequate to cover our projected expenses, our results of operations may be adversely affected.

Under our exclusive retail license in the Cayman Islands, with the exception of annual inflation-related and monthly energy-related adjustments, we cannot increase the base rates we charge our retail customers without prior approval from the Cayman Islands government. However, the expenses we incur in supplying water under this license may increase due to circumstances that were unforeseen at the time we entered into the license. We may incur additional costs in attempting to obtain government approval of any rate increase, which may be granted on a delayed basis, if at all. Failure to obtain timely and adequate rate increases could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We rely on the efforts of key employees. Our failure to retain these employees could adversely affect our results of operations.

Our success depends upon the abilities of our executive officers. In particular, the loss of the services of Frederick W. McTaggart, our President and Chief Executive Officer, could be detrimental to our operations and our continued success. Mr. McTaggart has an employment agreement expiring on December 31, 2018. Each year, the term of this agreement may be extended for an additional year. However, we cannot guarantee that Mr. McTaggart will continue to work for us during the term of his agreement or will enter into any extensions thereof.

We are exposed to credit risk through our relationships with several customers.

We are subject to credit risk posed by possible defaults in payment by our bulk water customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, the British Virgin Islands and The Bahamas and by possible defaults in payment by the WAC on their loans payable to us. Adverse economic conditions affecting, or financial difficulties of, those parties could impair their ability to pay us or cause them to delay payment. We depend on these parties to pay us on a timely basis. Our outstanding accounts receivable are not covered by collateral or credit insurance. Any delay or default in payment could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.

We are exposed to the risk of variations in currency exchange rates.

Although we report our results in United States dollars, the majority of our revenues are earned in other currencies. Although many of these currencies have been fixed to the United States dollar for more than 20 years, other currencies (e.g. the Mexico peso, Indonesian rupiah and the euro) are not. We do not employ hedging strategies against the foreign currency exchange rate risk associated with conducting business in foreign currencies while reporting in United States dollars. If any of the fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate, or the other currencies in which we conduct business depreciate significantly against the United State dollar, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.

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We may enter new markets in the future in which we do not have a contractual commitment for our products or existing customers.

Our strategy contemplates potential entry into new markets (such as Mexico, Indonesia and other countries) where we believe a demand for potable water exists beyond the current supply of potable water in those markets. We may incur significant business development expenses in the pursuit of new markets prior to obtaining a contract for services in these markets, and such expenses could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and cash flows. We may decide to enter such markets by building new reverse osmosis desalination plants before we have obtained a contract for the sale of water produced by the new plant or before we have established a customer base for the water produced by the new plant. If after completing such plant we are unable to obtain a contract or sufficient number of customers for the plant, we may be unable to recover the cost of our investment in the plant, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We may not pay dividends in the future. If dividends are paid, they may be in lesser amounts than past dividends.

Our shareholders may receive dividends out of legally available funds if, and when, they are declared by our Board of Directors. We have paid dividends in the past, but may cease to do so at any time. We may incur increased operating or development expenses or capital requirements or additional indebtedness in the future that may restrict our ability to declare and pay dividends. We may also be restricted from paying dividends in the future due to restrictions imposed by applicable corporate laws, our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, covenants contained in our financing agreements, and other factors considered by our Board of Directors. We may not continue to pay dividends in the future or, if dividends are paid, they may not be in amounts similar to past dividends.

Service of process and enforcement of legal proceedings commenced against us in the United States may be difficult to obtain.

We are incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands and substantially all of our assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, 10 of our 16 directors and executive officers reside outside the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to affect service of process within the United States upon us and such other persons, or to enforce judgments obtained against such persons in United States courts, and bring any action, including actions predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the United States securities laws. In addition, it may be difficult for investors to enforce, in original actions brought in courts or jurisdictions located outside of the United States, rights predicated upon the United States securities laws.

Based on the advice of our Cayman Islands legal counsel, we believe there is no reciprocal statutory enforcement of foreign judgments between the United States and the Cayman Islands, and that foreign judgments originating from the United States are not directly enforceable in the Cayman Islands. A prevailing party in a United States proceeding against us or our officers or directors would have to initiate a new proceeding in the Cayman Islands using the United States judgment as evidence of the party’s claim. A prevailing party could rely on the summary judgment procedures available in the Cayman Islands, subject to available defenses in the Cayman Islands courts, including, but not limited to, the lack of competent jurisdiction in the United States courts, lack of due service of process in the United States proceeding and the possibility that enforcement or recognition of the United States judgment would be contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands.

Depending on the nature of damages awarded, civil liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (or the Securities Act), or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (or the Exchange Act), for original actions instituted outside the Cayman Islands may or may not be enforceable. For example, a United States judgment awarding remedies unobtainable in any legal action in the courts of the Cayman Islands, such as treble damages, would likely not be enforceable under any circumstances.

The relatively low trading volume of our stock may adversely impact the ability to sell our shares.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the average daily trading volume of our common shares was approximately 96,000 shares, a much lower trading volume than that of many other companies listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. A public trading market having the desired characteristics of depth, liquidity and orderliness depends on the presence in the market of willing buyers and sellers of our common shares at any given time. This presence in turn depends on the individual decisions of investors and general economic and market conditions over which we have no control. As a consequence of the limited volume of trading in our common shares, an investor in our stock may have difficulty selling a large number of our common shares in the manner, or at the price, that might be attainable if our common shares were more actively traded.

We are subject to anti-takeover measures that may discourage, delay or prevent a change of control of our Company.

Classified Board of Directors. We have a classified Board of Directors that consists of three groups. Only one group of directors is elected each year. Our classified Board may increase the length of time necessary for an acquirer to change the composition of a majority of directors in order to gain control of our Board.

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Option Deed. We are party to an Option Deed that is intended to improve the bargaining position of our Board of Directors in the event of an unsolicited offer to acquire our outstanding stock. Under the terms of the Option Deed, a stock purchase right is attached to each of our current or future outstanding common shares and redeemable preferred shares issued prior to the time the purchase rights become exercisable, are redeemed or expire. The purchase rights will become exercisable only if an individual or group has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, or announced a tender or exchange offer that if consummated would result in such individual or group acquiring, beneficial ownership of 20% or more of our outstanding common shares. Upon the occurrence of a triggering event, the rights will entitle every holder of our shares, other than the acquirer, to purchase our shares or shares of our successor on terms that would likely be economically dilutive to the acquirer. Under certain circumstances, instead of common shares, our Board of Directors may issue cash or debt securities. Our Board of Directors, however, has the power to amend the Option Deed so that it does not apply to a particular acquisition proposal or to redeem the rights for a nominal value before they become exercisable. These features will likely encourage an acquirer to negotiate with our Board of Directors before commencing a tender offer or to condition a tender offer on our Board of Directors taking action to prevent the purchase rights from becoming exercisable. The Option Deed does not expire until July 2017, and such expiration date may be extended by our Board.

As a result of these anti-takeover measures, we could deter efforts to make changes to, or exercise control over, current management. In addition, our shareholders may not have an opportunity to sell their common shares to a potential acquirer at the acquirer’s offering price, which is typically at a premium to market price.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Cayman Island Properties

Abel Castillo Water Works

Our wholly owned subsidiary, Cayman Water, owns and operates our Abel Castillo Water Works (“ACWW”) site, which encompasses 12,812 square feet of buildings (containing two reverse osmosis water treatment plants), a high service distribution pump house, warehouse space and three 1.0 million gallon potable water storage tanks. The site is located on 3.2 acres, including 485 feet of waterfront. The current water production capacity of this site is 2.2 million gallons per day by two separate water plants with rated production capacities of 1.2 million and 1.0 million gallons per day, respectively.

We own an approximately one acre property adjacent to our ACWW plant which we purchased in 2007 to provide space for future additional water production and storage facilities.

West Bay Plant

We own, operate and maintain our West Bay plant in Grand Cayman, which is located on 6.1 acres in West Bay. The plant began operating in 1995, was expanded over the years, and now has a production capacity of 910,000 gallons per day. On this site we have a 2,600 square foot building which houses our water production facilities, a 2,400 square foot building which houses the potable water distribution pumps, a water quality testing laboratory, and office space and water storage capacity consisting of three 1.0 million gallon potable water tanks.

Britannia Plant

We own the Britannia seawater desalination plant in Grand Cayman, which consists of a seawater reverse osmosis production plant with a capacity of 715,000 gallons of water per day, an 840,000 gallon potable water storage tank, potable water high service pumps, and various ancillary equipment to support the operation. We have entered into a lease of the 0.73 acre site and steel frame building which houses the plant for a term that ends in 2027 at an annual rent of $1.00.

Distribution System

We own our Seven Mile Beach and West Bay potable water distribution systems in Grand Cayman. The combined systems consist of potable water pipes, valves, curb stops, meter boxes, and water meters.

Corporate Office

We occupy approximately 5,500 square feet of office space at the Regatta Office Park, West Bay Road, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands under a lease that expires April 30, 2019.

Red Gate Plant

Under the terms of the water production and supply license that expires in July 2017 between OC-Cayman and the government of the Cayman Islands, OC-Cayman is allowed to use the property and the plant for the Red Gate plant to produce approximately 1.3 million gallons of desalinated water per day for sale to the Water Authority-Cayman (“WAC”).

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North Sound Plant

Construction of this plant was completed in November 2002. OC-Cayman provided the plant and equipment to the WAC under a seven-year vendor-financed sale and operating agreement. The agreement provided for the expansion of the plant at the WAC’s request during the term of the agreement. In January 2007, the WAC requested that OC-Cayman expand the plant from a rated capacity of approximately 800,000 gallons per day to 1.6 million gallons per day and extended the term of the contract for a further seven years from the completion date of the expansion, April 1, 2007. On April 17, 2014, the WAC extended the term of the agreement a further 12 months and on July 15, 2015, the WAC further extended the agreement by two years from April 1, 2015 and contracted with OC-Cayman to provide major capital improvements to the plant. OC-Cayman operates the electrically powered plant and supplies approximately 1.6 million gallons of desalinated water per day to the WAC. OC-Cayman leases the property on which the plant is located from the WAC for a minimal annual rent, for the duration of the sale and operating agreement. The sale and operating agreement and property lease expires in April 2017. Responsibility for operation of the plant passes to the WAC upon expiration of the sale and operating agreement.

North Side Water Works Plant

OC-Cayman operates this electrically powered plant, which can supply up to approximately 2.4 million gallons of desalinated water per day under a vendor-financed sale and operating agreement with the WAC. OC-Cayman leases the property on which the plant is located from the WAC for a minimal annual rent for the duration of the sale and operating agreement. Responsibility for operation of the plant passes to the WAC upon expiration of the sale and operating agreement in June 2019.

Bahamas Properties

Bimini plant

We own the water production facility in South Bimini. The facility consists of a 250,000 gallon bolted steel potable water tank and two 40 foot long standard shipping containers which contain a seawater reverse osmosis production plant with a rated capacity of 115,000 gallons per day, a high service pump skid and an office. The facility is located on a parcel of land owned by South Bimini International Ltd., and we are allowed, under the terms of our agreement, to utilize the land for the term of the agreement without charge.

Windsor plant

We own the Windsor water production facility, located in Nassau, New Providence, with a production capacity of 3.1 million gallons per day. The plant is powered by a combination of diesel engine-driven high-pressure pumps, and electrical power purchased from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to power all other loads in the plant. The plant is contained within a 13,000 sq. ft. concrete and steel building that also contains a warehouse, workshop and offices. It is located on land owned by the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas and our 15-year water sales agreement gives us a license to use the land throughout the term of that agreement. This water supply agreement was scheduled to expire in July 2013 when we delivered the total amount of water required under the agreement, but has since been extended on a month-to-month basis.

At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to (i) extend the agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated; (ii) exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated; or (iii) require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site. At the request of the government of The Bahamas, we continue to maintain and operate the Windsor plant to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not it will extend CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreement for the Windsor plant on a long term basis.

Blue Hills plant

In July 2006, we substantially completed construction of a second water production facility in Nassau, New Providence: the Blue Hills plant. With an initial production capacity of 7.2 million gallons per day this plant is the largest desalination plant we have built or operated to date. The plant is powered by a combination of diesel engine-driven high-pressure pumps, and electrical power purchased from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to power all other loads in the plant. The plant is contained within a 16,000 sq. ft. concrete and steel building that also contains a warehouse, workshop and offices. It is located on land owned by the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas and our 20-year water sales agreement gives us a license to use the land throughout the term of that agreement.

The Blue Hills plant water supply agreement was amended in January 2011 and extended through 2032. Pursuant to this amendment, we added a second production facility to increase the total production capacity of the Blue Hills plant to 12.0 million gallons per day. The plant expansion was substantially completed in March of 2012 and is powered by a combination of diesel engine-driven high-pressure pumps, and electrical power purchased from the Bahamas Electricity Corporation to power all other loads in the plant. The plant expansion is contained in a 10,640 sq. ft. steel building located adjacent to the initial production facility on land owned by the WSC.

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Belize Properties

We own our San Pedro water production facility in Ambergris Caye, Belize. The plant consists of a one story concrete block building, which contains a seawater reverse osmosis water production plant with a production capacity of 600,000 gallons per day and a 1.0 million gallon potable water storage tank. We lease the land on which our plant is located from the Government of Belize at an annual rent of BZE$1.00. This lease expires in April 2026.

Indonesia Property

We own a water production facility located in the Nusa Dua region of Bali, Indonesia consisting of a plant with a production capacity of 790,000 gallons per day and a 528,000 gallon potable water storage tank. The land on which this plant and storage tank is located is leased through October 8, 2032.

U.S. Properties

Our Aquilex office consists of 6,500 square feet located in Coral Springs, Florida that has been leased through March 2021. Our U.S. warehouse consists of 4,100 square feet located in Sunrise, Florida that has been leased through September 2020.

Mexico Properties

NSC owns 20.1 hectares of land on which its proposed plant would be constructed in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico.

In November 2012, NSC entered into a lease with an effective term of 20-years from the date of full operation of the desalination plant, with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad for approximately 5,000 square meters of land on which it plans to construct the water intake and discharge works for the plant. The amounts due on this lease are payable in Mexican pesos at an amount that is currently equivalent to approximately $20,000 per month. This lease is cancellable should NSC ultimately not proceed with the project.

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

CW-Belize

By Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published an order, the Public Utility Provider Class Declaration Order, 2009 (the “Order”), which as of May 1, 2009 designated CW-Belize as a public utility provider under the laws of Belize. With this designation, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (the “PUC”) has the authority to set the rates charged by CW-Belize and to otherwise regulate its activities. On November 1, 2010, CW-Belize received a formal complaint from the PUC alleging that CW-Belize was operating without a license under the terms of the Water Industry Act. CW-Belize applied for this license in December 2010. On July 29, 2011, the PUC issued the San Pedro Public Water Supply Quality and Security Complaint Order (the “Second Order”) which among other things requires that (i) CW-Belize and its customer jointly make a submission to the responsible Minister requesting that the area surrounding CW-Belize’s seawater abstraction wells be designated a forest reserve or national park and be designated a Controlled Area under section 58 of the Water Industry Act, (ii) CW-Belize submit an operations manual for CW-Belize’s desalination plant to the PUC for approval, (iii) CW-Belize and its customer modify the water supply agreement between the parties to (a) include new water quality parameters included in the Order and (b) cap the current exclusive water supply arrangement in the agreement at a maximum of 450,000 gallons per day, (iv) CW-Belize keep a minimum number of replacement seawater RO membranes in stock at all times and (v) CW-Belize take possession of and reimburse the PUC for certain equipment which the PUC purchased from a third-party in late 2010. CW-Belize has applied for declaratory judgment and has been granted a temporary injunction to stay the enforcement of the Second Order by the PUC until such time as the Belize courts could hear the matter. The initial hearing on this matter was conducted on October 30 and 31, 2012 with an additional hearing on November 29, 2012. The ruling on this case is pending. We are presently unable to determine what impact the Order and the Second Order will have on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V.

In May 2010, we acquired, through our wholly-owned Netherlands subsidiary, Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A., (“CW-Cooperatief”) a 50% interest in N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”), a development stage Mexican company. We have since purchased, through the conversion of a loan we made to NSC, sufficient shares to raise our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. NSC was formed to pursue a project encompassing the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and an accompanying pipeline to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system (the “Project”).

NSC Litigation

Immediately following CW-Cooperatief’s acquisition of its initial 50% ownership in NSC, the remaining 50% ownership interest in NSC was held by an unrelated company, Norte Sur Agua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NSA”). NSA subsequently transferred ownership of half of its shares in NSC to EWG Water LLC and the other half of its shares in NSC to Alejandro de la Vega (the “individual shareholder”). In February 2012, we paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option Agreement”) that provided us with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of NSC owned by the individual shareholder, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. Such shares constituted 25% of the ownership of NSC as of February 2012. In May 2013, NSC repaid a $5.7 million loan payable to CW-Cooperatief by issuing additional shares of its stock. As a result of this share issuance to CW-Cooperatief, we acquired 99.9% of the ownership of NSC. The Option Agreement contained an anti-dilution provision that required us to issue new shares in NSC of an amount sufficient to maintain the individual shareholder’s 25% ownership interest in NSC if (i) any new shares of NSC were issued subsequent to the execution of the Option Agreement and (ii) we did not exercise our share purchase option by February 7, 2014. We exercised our option and paid the $1.0 million to the individual shareholder to purchase the Option Agreement shares in February 2014.

In October 2015, we learned that EWG has filed a lawsuit against the individual shareholder, NSC, NSA, CW-Cooperatief, Ricardo del Monte Nunez, Carlos Eduardo Ahumada Arruit, Luis de Angitia Becerra, and the Public Registry of Commerce of Tijuana, Baja California in the Civil Court located in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. However, as of the date of the filing of this report, neither NSC nor CW-Cooperatief has been served with formal process for this lawsuit.

In this lawsuit, EWG is challenging the capital investment transactions that increased our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. EWG requested that the court, as a preliminary matter: (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records; and (c) appoint an inspector for NSA and NSC to oversee its commercial activities. The court granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG.

Additionally, EWG is also seeking an order directing: (i) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief to refrain from carrying out any transactions with respect to the Project; and (ii) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and the partners thereof, to refrain from transferring any interests in NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief. The court has not yet ruled on these requests.

We believe that the claims made by EWG are baseless and without merit, and we will vigorously defend NSC and CW-Cooperatief in this litigation, and will seek dismissal of the orders entered by the court and all claims against NSC and CW-Cooperatief. Furthermore, on November 19, 2015, NSC and CW-Cooperatief filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against EWG and its Managing Partner, based upon our conclusion that lawsuit filed by EWG in Mexico directly breaches a contract dated April 12, 2012 between NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and EWG. We are vigorously pursuing our claims and seeking relief pursuant to this complaint.

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We cannot presently determine the outcome of this litigation. However, such litigation could adversely impact our efforts to complete the Project.

Mexico tax authority

The Mexico tax authority, the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (“SAT”), assessed NSC for taxes relating to payments to foreign vendors on which the SAT contended should have been subject to income tax withholdings during NSC’s 2011 tax year. As of December 31, 2015, the assessment and related penalties, surcharges, inflation adjustments and late fees totaled 7,367,875 Mexican pesos. Such assessment was equivalent to approximately $428,203 as of December 31, 2015 based upon the exchange rate between the US$ and the Mexican peso as of that date.

NSC retained the assistance of Mexican tax advisers in this matter, as it believed the assumptions and related work performed by the SAT did not support their tax assessment. As a result, NSC elected to contest this assessment in Mexico federal tax court. NSC was required to provide an irrevocable letter of credit which amounted to 7,367,875 Mexican pesos as of December 31, 2015 as collateral in connection with this tax case. The restricted cash balance of $428,203 included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 represents cash on deposit with a bank to secure payment of this irrevocable letter of credit.

In November 2014, NSC received a favorable judgment from the tax court. Based on this outcome, the SAT filed an appeal shortly thereafter to contest the judgment. On February 15, 2016, NSC received a favorable judgment from the appellate tax court.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5 . MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our Class A common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and trades under the symbol “CWCO.” Listed below, for each quarter of the last two fiscal years, are the high and low closing prices for our Class A common stock on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

	High		Low
First Quarter 2015	$	11.49	$	9.78
Second Quarter 2015		13.12		10.59
Third Quarter 2015		13.50		9.97
Fourth Quarter 2015		13.12		10.37
First Quarter 2014	$	14.47	$	11.28
Second Quarter 2014		13.02		10.05
Third Quarter 2014		12.81		10.23
Fourth Quarter 2014		12.76		9.33

No trading market exists for our redeemable preferred shares, which are only issued to, or purchased by, long-term employees of our company and must be held by these employees for a period of four years before they vest.

On December 17, 2015, we issued 10,514 shares of common stock to our directors under the Non-Executive Directors’ Share Plan in consideration for their service on our Board of Directors and the committees thereof. See “ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION.”

We are a party to an Option Deed dated August 6, 1997, and amended on August 8, 2005, September 27, 2005 and May 30, 2007 (as amended, the “Option Deed”), designed to deter coercive takeover tactics. Pursuant to the Option Deed, we granted to the holders of our common shares and redeemable preferred shares options (the “Options”) to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of our Class 'B' common shares at an exercise price of $100.00 per one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, subject to adjustment. The Options are attached to and trade with our common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and no separate certificates representing the Options have been distributed. The Options will separate from our common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and certificates representing the Options will be issued, upon the earlier of the date (such date, the “Distribution Date”) that is (i) ten business days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 20% or more of our outstanding common shares, or (ii) ten business days following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person.

The Options are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the close of business on July 31, 2017, unless that date is extended or the Options are earlier redeemed by us. Additionally, following the Distribution Date, all Options that are, or in certain circumstances were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person will be null and void.

For a period of ten business days following the date that any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becomes an Acquiring Person, we will have the right to redeem the Options at a price of CI$0.01 per Option. If the Options are not redeemed, then following such ten business day period each holder of an Option will have the right to receive on exercise, in lieu of one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, common shares (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities) having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Option. For example, at an exercise price of $100.00 per Option, each Option not owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becoming an Acquiring Person would entitle its holder to purchase $200.00 worth of common shares for $100.00. Assuming that the common shares had a per share value of $20.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 10 common shares for $100.00.

Any of the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by our Board of Directors prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by the Board of Directors in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Options (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person), or to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Option Deed.

Currently 2,023,850 Bahamian Depository Receipts (“BDRs”) that constitute ownership of 404,770 shares of our common stock are listed and traded on the Bahamian International Stock Exchange. Our common shares that underlie these BDRs are held in a custodial account in The Bahamas. The BDRs are entitled to dividend payments, if and when declared on our common shares, in proportion to their relative value to our common shares.

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Holders

On March 8, 2016, we had 798 holders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

Our Board of Directors declares and approves any and all dividends.

We have paid dividends to owners of our common shares and redeemable preferred shares since we began declaring dividends in 1985. However, the payment of any future cash dividends will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, cash flows, capital requirements and other factors our Board of Directors deems relevant in determining the amount and timing of such dividends.

Listed below, for each quarter of the last two fiscal years, is the amount of dividends declared on our issued and outstanding shares of common shares and redeemable preferred shares.

	2015		2014
First Quarter	$	0.075	$	0.075
Second Quarter		0.075		0.075
Third Quarter		0.075		0.075
Fourth Quarter		0.075		0.075

Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders

Our Company is not subject to any governmental laws, decrees or regulations in the Cayman Islands which restrict the export or import of capital, or that affect the remittance of dividends, interest or other payments to non-resident holders of our securities. The Cayman Islands does not impose any limitations on the right of non-resident owners to hold or vote our common stock. There are no exchange control restrictions in the Cayman Islands.

Taxation

The Cayman Islands presently impose no taxes on profit, income, distribution, capital gains, or appreciations of our Company and no taxes are currently imposed in the Cayman Islands on profit, income, capital gains, or appreciations of the holders of our securities or in the nature of estate duty, inheritance, or capital transfer tax. The United States and the Cayman Islands do not have an income tax treaty.

The information required by Item 201(d) of Regulation S-K is provided under ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS of this Annual Report.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The table below contains selected financial data, derived from our audited consolidated financial statements for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2015. Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US-GAAP”). As a result, all financial information presented herein has been prepared in accordance with US-GAAP. This selected financial data should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and with our consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Annual Report.

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013		2012		2011
Statement of Income Data:
Revenues	$	57,116,202	$	65,559,078	$	63,822,131	$	65,450,702	$	55,154,492
Net Income		7,518,701		6,265,358		8,594,519		9,315,514		6,113,218
Balance Sheet Data:
Total Assets		161,616,698		160,459,831		165,364,854		150,449,086		160,859,431
Long Term Debt Obligations (including current portion)		-		-		15,255,167		6,852,660		24,383,794
Demand loan payable		7,000,000		9,000,000		-		-		-
Redeemable Preferred Stock		23,282		22,104		22,445		18,159		13,456
Non-controlling interests		3,154,943		2,933,496		2,599,258		1,927,214		1,556,529
Dividends Declared Per Share	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30
Basic Earnings Per Share	$	0.51	$	0.43	$	0.59	$	0.64	$	0.42
Weighted Average Number of Shares		14,741,748		14,697,896		14,633,884		14,578,518		14,560,259
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$	0.51	$	0.42	$	0.58	$	0.64	$	0.42
Weighted Average Number of Shares		14,827,755		14,764,323		14,703,880		14,606,148		14,596,013

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Overview

Our objective is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce and where the use of reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water is economically feasible.

We intend to increase revenues by developing new business opportunities both within our current service areas and in new markets. We expect to maintain operating efficiencies by continuing to properly execute our water production, energy recovery, equipment maintenance and water loss mitigation programs. We believe that many water scarce countries in the Caribbean basin and other select markets present opportunities for our business model.

Our operations and activities, and those of our affiliate OC-BVI, are presently conducted at 14 plants in five countries: the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, Belize, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia. The following table sets forth the comparative combined production capacity of our retail, bulk and affiliate operations as of December 31 of each year.

Comparative Operations
2015					2014
Location	Plants		Capacity (1)		Location	Plants		Capacity (1)
Cayman Islands		7		9.1	Cayman Islands		7		9.1
Bahamas		3		15.2	Bahamas		3		15.2
Belize		1		0.6	Belize		1		0.6
British Virgin Islands		2		0.8	British Virgin Islands		2		0.8
Bali, Indonesia		1		0.8	Bali, Indonesia		1		0.8
		14		26.5			14		26.5

(1) In millions of gallons per day.

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Cayman Islands

We have been operating our business on Grand Cayman since 1973 and have been using reverse osmosis technology to convert seawater to potable water since 1989. The Cayman Islands have a limited natural supply of fresh water. We currently have an exclusive license from the Cayman Islands government to process potable water from seawater and then sell and distribute that water by pipeline to the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman. Our operations consist of four company owned and three government owned reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants which provide water to approximately 5,800 retail residential and commercial customers within a government licensed area and bulk water sales to the Water Authority-Cayman (“WAC”), respectively. Our pipeline system in the Cayman Islands covers the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman and consists of approximately 90 miles of potable water pipe.

Our exclusive license from the Cayman Islands government was set to expire on July 30, 2010, however, we and the Cayman Islands government have extended the license several times in order to provide sufficient time to negotiate the terms of a new license. The most recent extension of our license was scheduled to expire December 31, 2015, however, we have been informed by the WAC that our license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process. In 2011, the Cayman Islands government enacted new water regulation laws pursuant to which the WAC will issue any new retail license. We have been informed during our retail license negotiations that the Cayman Islands government seeks to restructure the terms of our license to employ a rate of return on invested capital model, the implementation of which could significantly reduce the operating income and cash flows we have historically generated from our retail license. See further discussion of this matter at ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS and ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS - Material Commitments, Expenditures and Contingencies - Renewal of Retail License.

The Bahamas

CW-Bahamas produces potable water from three reverse osmosis seawater conversion plants. Two of these plants, the Windsor plant and the Blue Hills plant, are located in Nassau, New Providence and have a total installed capacity of 15.1 million gallons per day. CW-Bahamas supplies water from these plants on a take-or-pay basis to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”) under long-term build, own and operate supply agreements. During 2015, we supplied approximately 3.7 billion gallons (2014: 4.3 billion gallons) of water to the WSC from these plants. The Windsor water supply agreement was scheduled to expire in July 2013, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis while the Bahamas government determines whether or not to enter into a new supply contract with us. CW-Bahamas’ third plant is located in Bimini, has a capacity of 115,000 gallons per day, and provides potable water to the Bimini Sands Resort and to the Bimini Beach Hotel. We have also sold water intermittently to the WSC from our Bimini plant when their regular supply was unavailable.

From time to time, CW-Bahamas has experienced delays in collecting its accounts receivable. However, during 2014, the government of the Bahamas made significant incremental payments on its outstanding balances due to CW-Bahamas and since such time CW-Bahamas’ accounts receivable from the WSC, which totaled approximately $4.7 million as of December 31, 2015, have not been delinquent. Representatives of the Bahamas government have informed us that previous delays in paying our accounts receivables did not reflect any type of dispute with us with respect to the amounts owed. To date, we have not been required to provide an allowance for any delinquent CW-Bahamas accounts receivable as such amounts were eventually paid in full. Based upon our experience, we believe that the accounts receivable from the WSC are fully collectible and therefore have not provided any allowance for possible non-payment of these receivables as of December 31, 2015.

Belize

CW-Belize was acquired on July 21, 2000, and consists of one reverse osmosis seawater conversion plant on Ambergris Caye, Belize, capable of producing 600,000 gallons per day. We sell water to one customer, Belize Water Services Limited, which then distributes the water through its own distribution system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on Ambergris Caye.

In 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published a declaratory order designating CW-Belize as a public utility provider. With this order the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (“PUC”) has the authority to regulate CW-Belize’s activities. In 2011, the PUC issued a second order that requires CW-Belize to take various actions mandated by the PUC that would be significant to its operations. Hearings on this matter have been conducted in a Belize court and the ruling on the matter is pending. See further discussion of this matter at ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS.

Critical Accounting Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Our actual results could differ significantly from such estimates and assumptions.

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Certain of our accounting estimates or assumptions constitute “critical accounting estimates” for us because:

· the nature of these estimates or assumptions is material due to the levels of subjectivity and judgment necessary to account for highly uncertain matters or the susceptibility of such matters to change; and

· the impact of the estimates and assumptions on financial condition and results of operations is material.

Our critical accounting estimates relate to the valuation of our (i) equity investment in our affiliate, OC-BVI; (ii) goodwill and intangible assets; and (iii) long-lived assets.

Valuation of Investment in OC-BVI

We account for our investment in OC-BVI under the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock. This method requires recognition of a loss on an equity investment that is other than temporary, and indicates that a current fair value of an equity investment that is less than its carrying amount may indicate a loss in the value of the investment.

As a quoted market price for OC-BVI’s stock is not available, to test for possible impairment of our investment in OC-BVI, we estimate its fair value through the use of the discounted cash flow method, which relies upon projections of OC-BVI’s operating results, working capital and capital expenditures. The use of this method requires us to estimate OC-BVI’s cash flows from (i) its water supply agreement with the BVI government for its Bar Bay plant (the “Bar Bay agreement”); and (ii) the pending amount awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government (see further discussion of the Baughers Bay litigation at Item 8. - Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements - Note 8).

We estimate the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from its Bar Bay agreement by (i) identifying various possible future scenarios for this agreement, which include the cancellation of the agreement after its initial seven-year term, and the exercise by the BVI government of the seven-year extension in the agreement; (ii) estimating the cash flows associated with each possible scenario; and (iii) assigning a probability to each scenario. We similarly estimate the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from the BVI government for the amount due under the ruling by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government by assigning probabilities to different valuation scenarios. The resulting probability-weighted sum represents the expected cash flows, and our best estimate of future cash flows, to be derived by OC-BVI from its Bar Bay agreement and the pending court award.

The identification of the possible scenarios for the Bar Bay plant agreement and the Baughers Bay plant valuation, the projections of cash flows for each scenario, and the assignment of relative probabilities to each scenario all represent significant estimates made by us. While we use our best judgment in identifying these possible scenarios, estimating the expected cash flows for these scenarios and assigning relative probabilities to each scenario, these estimates are by their nature highly subjective and are also subject to material change by our management over time based upon new information or changes in circumstances.

As of March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, after updating our probability-weighted estimates of OC-BVI’s future cash flows and our resulting estimate of the fair value of our investment in OC-BVI, we determined that the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded impairment losses on this investment of $310,000, $275,000, $225,000 and $250,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, respectively. The resulting carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI of approximately $4.5 million as of December 31, 2015 assumes that the BVI government will honor its obligations under the Bar Bay agreement and also assumes (on a probability-weighted basis) that (i) the BVI government will exercise its option to extend the Bar Bay agreement for seven years beyond its initial term, which expires March 4, 2017 and (ii) OC-BVI will receive the pending amount (based upon our estimate) awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

The $4.5 million carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI as of December 31, 2015 exceeds our underlying equity in OC-BVI’s net assets by approximately $900,000. We account for this excess as goodwill. The BVI government is OC-BVI’s sole customer and substantially all of OC-BVI’s revenues are generated from its Bar Bay plant. As the Bar Bay agreement matures to its March 4, 2017 expiration date and OC-BVI receives the pending court award amount assumed due for the value of the Baughers Bay plant, OC-BVI’s expected future cash flows, and therefore its fair value computed under the discounted cash flow method, will decrease. Unless OC-BVI obtains an extension or modification of its Bar Bay agreement that results in a significant increase in the estimated future cash flows from its Bar Bay plant, we will be required to record impairment losses during 2016 to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI to its then current fair value. These impairment losses will, in the aggregate, at least equal the underlying $900,000 in goodwill reflected in the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI. The losses we record for our investment in OC-BVI in the future will exceed this $900,000 if OC-BVI ultimately ceases operations at its Bar Bay plant, as OC-BVI will be required to record an impairment loss to reduce the carrying value of its Bar Bay plant to its then estimated fair value. OC-BVI’s aggregate carrying value of the assets that comprise its Bar Bay plant was approximately $4.4 million as of December 31, 2015. Future impairment losses for our investment in OC-BVI and our equity in any future operating losses incurred by OC-BVI could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

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Goodwill and intangible assets

Goodwill represents the excess cost over the fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values and reviewed periodically for impairment. We evaluate the possible impairment of goodwill annually as part of our reporting process for the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. Management identifies our reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. We determine the fair value of each reporting unit and compare the fair value to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, we are required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, we compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we estimated the fair value of our reporting units by applying the discounted cash flow method, the subject company stock price method, the guideline public company method, and the mergers and acquisitions method.

The discounted cash flow method relied upon seven-year discrete projections of operating results, working capital and capital expenditures, along with a terminal value subsequent to the discrete period. These seven-year projections were based upon historical and anticipated future results, general economic and market conditions, and considered the impact of planned business and operational strategies. The discount rates for the calculations represented the estimated cost of capital for market participants at the time of each analysis. In preparing these seven-year projections for our retail unit we (i) identified possible outcomes of our on-going negotiations with the Cayman Islands government for the renewal of our retail license; (ii) estimated the cash flows associated with each possible outcome; and (iii) assigned a probability to each outcome and associated estimated cash flows. The weighted average estimated cash flows were then summed to determine the overall fair value of the retail unit under this method. The possible outcomes used for the discounted cash flow method for the retail unit included the implementation of a rate of return on invested capital model, the methodology proposed by Cayman Islands government representatives for the new retail license.

We also estimated the fair value of each of our reporting units for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 through reference to the quoted market prices for our Company and guideline companies and the market multiples implied by guideline merger and acquisition transactions.

We weighted the fair values estimated for each of our reporting units under each method and summed such weighted fair values to estimate the overall fair value for each reporting unit. The respective weightings we applied to each method as of December 31, 2015 were consistent with those used as of December 31, 2014 and were as follows:

	2015						2014
Method	Retail			Bulk			Retail			Bulk
Discounted cash flow		50	%		50	%		50	%		50	%
Subject company stock price		30	%		30	%		30	%		30	%
Guideline public company		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
Mergers and acquisitions		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

The fair values we estimated for our retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 72% and 20%, respectively, as of December 31, 2015. The fair values we estimated for our retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 36% and 29%, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

We also performed an analysis reconciling the conclusions of value for our reporting units to our market capitalization at October 1, 2015. This reconciliation resulted in an implied control premium for our Company of 5%.

Long-lived assets

We review the carrying amounts of our long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, we recognize an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measure the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.

Through our subsidiary, CW-Bali, we have built and presently operate a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. We built this plant based upon our belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable us to sell all of this plant’s production. Our current sales volumes for this plant are not sufficient to cover its operating costs, and CW-Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000) for the year ended December 31, 2015. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million. If we are not able to significantly increase the revenues generated by this plant in the future, we will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of CW-Bali’s plant assets to their fair value. Such an impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations. See further discussion of CW-Bali at Item 7. “LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Material Commitments, Expenditures and Contingencies.”

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Quarterly Results of Operations

The following table presents unaudited quarterly results of operations for the eight quarters ended December 31, 2015. We believe that all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly such quarterly information have been included in the amounts reported below.

	Year Ended December 31, 2015(1)
	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter
Total revenues	$	14,666,112	$	14,485,669	$	14,605,649	$	13,358,772
Gross profit		6,054,925		5,867,942		5,546,391		5,457,300
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders		1,921,261		2,228,100		1,775,500		1,593,840
Diluted earnings per share		0.13		0.15		0.12		0.11

	Year Ended December 31, 2014(1)
	First		Second		Third		Fourth
	Quarter		Quarter		Quarter		Quarter
Total revenues	$	16,348,610	$	16,931,832	$	17,021,056	$	15,257,580
Gross profit		5,970,425		6,370,046		5,700,315		5,074,712
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders		654,909		2,759,693		1,882,692		968,064
Diluted earnings per share		0.04		0.19		0.13		0.07

(1) Due to rounding, the sum of the quarterly amounts may not equal the reported amounts for the year.

Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included under Part II, ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA, of this Annual Report.

Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2014

Consolidated Results

Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders for 2015 was $7,518,701 ($0.51 per share on a fully-diluted basis), as compared to $6,265,358 ($0.42 per share on a fully-diluted basis) for 2014.

Total revenues for 2015 decreased to $57,116,202 from $65,559,078 in 2014 due to decreases in revenues for all three business segments. Gross profit for 2015 was $22,926,558 or 40% of total revenues, as compared to $23,115,498 or 35% of total revenues, for 2014. In 2015 as compared to 2014, gross profit dollars for the retail segment increased slightly but decreased for the bulk segment and the services segment generated a gross profit as opposed to incurring a gross loss. For further discussion of revenues and gross profit for 2015, see the “Results by Segment” analysis that follows.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses on a consolidated basis were $14,458,494 and $16,654,439 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decline in consolidated G&A expenses from 2014 to 2015 reflects (i) a decrease in professional fees of almost $484,000, as we incurred added fees in 2014 for the judicial review conducted in connection with our retail license negotiations; and (ii) a decrease of approximately $1,534,000 in the project development expenses incurred by NSC, our Mexico subsidiary.

Interest expense decreased to $269,090 in 2015 from $488,770 in 2014 as interest expense for 2014 reflects the prepayment premium paid for the early redemption in February 2014 of the remaining outstanding balance on our bonds payable and the amortization of the related bond discount and deferred issuance costs.

As a result of the declining cash flows projected from OC-BVI’s Bar Bay contract, we recorded impairment charges aggregating $1,060,000 in 2015 to reduce the carrying value of our investment in OC-BVI to its estimated fair value. See further discussion of these impairment charges at Note 8 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Other expense increased to $626,400 for 2015 from $203,135 for 2014 due to incremental foreign currency losses recorded for our CW-Bali subsidiary of approximately $223,000.

Results by Segment

Retail Segment:

The retail segment contributed $1,615,436 and $977,130 to our income from operations for 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Revenues generated by our retail water operations were $23,254,757 and $24,104,932 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. The drop in retail revenues in 2015 is attributable to a decrease in electricity prices from 2014 to 2015 that reduced the energy component of our retail water rates.

Retail segment gross profit was $12,329,123 (53% of retail revenues) and $12,160,861 (50% of retail revenues) for 2015 and 2014, respectively. The improvement in retail gross profit as a percentage of revenues from 2014 to 2015 is due to energy prices, maintenance expenses and water system losses for 2015 that were less than those for 2014.

Consistent with prior periods, we record all non-direct G&A expenses in our retail segment and do not allocate any of these non-direct costs to our other two business segments. Retail G&A expenses for 2015 and 2014 were $10,713,687 and $11,183,731, respectively. G&A expenses declined from 2014 to 2015 principally as a result of a decrease of approximately $531,000 in professional fees primarily due to incremental legal fees incurred in 2014 for the judicial review conducted in connection with our retail license negotiations.

CW-Bali owns and operates a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. We built this plant based upon our belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable us to sell all of this plant’s production. However, to date we have been unable to obtain enough customers to generate a profit at this plant. We sold approximately 44.0 million and 54.0 million gallons of water from this plant during 2015 and 2014, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million. The revenues we generated from this plant amounted to approximately $368,000 and $472,000 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. CW-Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000) and ($458,000) for 2015 and 2014, respectively. See further discussion of CW-Bali at Item 7. “LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES - Material Commitments, Expenditures and Contingencies.”

Bulk Segment:

The bulk segment contributed $8,613,523 and $9,676,263 to our income from operations for 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Bulk segment revenues were $31,854,255 and $39,201,011 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decrease in bulk revenues from 2014 to 2015 is principally attributable to our Bahamas and Cayman operations, whose revenues decreased by approximately $5,641,000 and $1,532,000, respectively. The 2015 revenue decrease for our bulk operations resulted from significant decreases in the prices of diesel fuel and electricity from 2014 to 2015 that reduced the energy component of our bulk water rates, declines of 13% and 3% in the volumes of water sold by our Bahamas and Cayman operations, respectively, a reallocation of production to the Red Gate plant from the North Sound plant while the North Sound plant was being refurbished, and a reduction in rates charged for water produced from the North Sound Plant under the terms of the two-year operating agreement extension. These lower volumes of water sold by our bulk operations in 2015 reflects (i) the continuing water conservation and loss mitigation efforts of the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas; and (ii) a decrease in purchases by the WAC.

Gross profit for our bulk segment was $10,219,466 and $11,281,762 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. Gross profit as a percentage of bulk revenues was approximately 32% for 2015 and 29% for 2014. Total gross profit dollars decreased in 2015 due to maintenance and repairs expenses that exceeded those for 2014 by approximately $363,000 and the lower revenues generated in 2015.

Bulk segment G&A expenses remained consistent at $1,605,943 and $1,605,499 for 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Services Segment:

The services segment incurred losses from operations of ($1,760,895) and ($4,192,334) for 2015 and 2014, respectively. We anticipate that the services segment will continue to incur losses from operations while we continue to fund the project development activities of NSC and/or until such time as we obtain significant new management services or plant construction contracts.

Services segment revenues were $2,007,190 and $2,253,135 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. Services revenues decreased in 2015 due to a decline in procurement services fees of approximately $221,000.

The services segment generated a gross profit of $377,969 in 2015 as opposed to a gross loss in 2014 of ($327,125), as a result of improved gross profit margins for our construction activities.

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G&A expenses for the services segment were $2,138,864 and $3,865,209 for 2015 and 2014, respectively. The decrease in G&A expenses for 2015 as compared to 2014 reflects a decrease of approximately $1,534,000 in the project development expenses incurred by NSC, our Mexican subsidiary.

Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2013

Consolidated Results

Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders for 2014 was $6,265,358 ($0.42 per share on a fully-diluted basis), as compared to $8,594,519 ($0.58 per share on a fully-diluted basis) for 2013.

Total revenues for 2014 increased to $65,559,078 from $63,822,131 in 2013 due to increases in revenues for our services and retail segments. Gross profit for 2014 was $23,115,498 or 35% of total revenues, as compared to $23,505,879 or 37% of total revenues, for 2013. Gross profit for the bulk and service segments decreased from 2013 to 2014 while gross profit for the retail segment increased in 2014 from 2013. For further discussion of revenues and gross profit for 2014, see the “Results by Segment” analysis that follows.

General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses on a consolidated basis were $16,654,439 and $15,844,303 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase of approximately 5% in consolidated G&A expenses in 2014 resulted from increases in (i) the project development expenses incurred by NSC, our Mexico subsidiary, of approximately $544,000; and (ii) professional fees of approximately $378,000 reflecting consulting and legal fees incurred for the judicial review conducted in conjunction with our retail license negotiations. These increases were partially offset by decreases in (i) non-Mexico related business development costs of approximately $108,000; and (ii) research and development costs of approximately $91,000.

Interest income increased to $1,440,631 for 2014 from $826,570 in 2013 due to interest on past due accounts receivables from the WSC.

We recognized earnings and profit sharing on our investment in OC-BVI for 2014 and 2013 of $414,755 and $1,337,352, respectively. Our earnings from OC-BVI decreased from 2014 to 2013 due to the receipt by OC-BVI during 2013 of approximately $2 million for the remaining unpaid balance awarded in the Baughers Bay litigation. See further discussion of OC-BVI and the Baughers Bay litigation at Note 8 of our Consolidated Financial Statements at Item 8.

Results by Segment

Retail Segment:

The retail segment contributed $977,130 and $1,248,717 to our income from operations for 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Revenues generated by our retail water operations were $24,104,932 and $23,018,498 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The additional retail revenues we generated in 2014 are attributable to an increase in the gallons of water sold of 3% from 2013 to 2014 for our Cayman Water retail operations and an increase of approximately $328,000 in revenues generated by CW- Bali.

Retail segment gross profit was $12,160,861 (50% of retail revenues) and $12,061,594 (52% of retail revenues) for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decline in gross profit as a percentage of revenues from 2013 to 2014 is due to higher plant and pipeline maintenance costs for our Cayman operations and a negative gross profit for our Bali operations.

Consistent with prior periods, we record all non-direct G&A expenses in our retail segment and do not allocate any of these non-direct costs to our other two business segments. Retail G&A expenses for 2014 and 2013 were $11,183,731 and $10,812,877, respectively. G&A expenses increased from 2013 to 2014 principally as a result of increases of approximately (i) $378,000 in professional fees reflecting consulting and legal fees incurred for the judicial review conducted in conjunction with our retail license negotiations; (ii) $88,000 for computer system updates; and (iii) $80,000 in employee costs due to base salary increases. These increases were partially offset by decreases in (i) non-Mexico related business development costs of approximately $108,000; (ii) research and development costs of approximately $91,000.

CW-Bali owns and operates a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. We built this plant based upon our belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable us to sell all of this plant’s production. We utilized approximately 18.8% of this plant’s capacity during the year ended December 31, 2014, selling to customers on a month-to-month basis. As of December 31, 2014, capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.3 million. The revenues we generated from this plant amounted to approximately $472,000 and $144,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. CW-Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($458,000) and ($438,000) for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Bulk Segment:

The bulk segment contributed $9,676,263 and $10,037,263 to our income from operations for 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Bulk segment revenues were $39,201,011 and $39,960,220 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease in bulk revenues of approximately $759,000 from 2013 to 2014 is attributable to our Bahamas operations, which generated approximately $2.5 million less in revenues in 2014 than in 2013. The 2014 revenue decrease for our Bahamas operations resulted from a decrease in the volume of water sold (primarily from our Blue Hills plant) to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas (“WSC”). In 2013, the WSC purchased water volumes from our Blue Hills plant that were significantly higher than the minimum amounts they were required to purchase under the water supply agreement for this plant. However, as a result of water conservation and loss mitigation efforts it has conducted since that time, the WSC has significantly reduced the amount of water lost by its distribution system and consequently decreased the volume of water purchased from our Blue Hills plant in 2014 (although the WSC continued to purchase more in 2014 than the contract minimum amount). The decrease in the revenues from our Bahamas operations was partially mitigated by a $1.7 million increase in revenues from our Cayman bulk operations that resulted from a 23% increase in the gallons of water sold. Such incremental sales volumes were due to the temporary closing (for refurbishment) of the one plant owned by the WAC that we no longer operate.

Gross profit for our bulk segment was $11,281,762 and $11,681,132 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. Gross profit as a percentage of bulk revenues was approximately 29% for both 2014 and 2013. The gross profit dollars and gross profit as a percentage of revenues from 2013 to 2014 remained fairly consistent as greater gross profit for our Cayman bulk operations in 2014 mitigated the lower gross profit for our Bahamas bulk operations.

Bulk segment G&A expenses remained consistent at $1,605,499 and $1,643,869 for 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Services Segment:

The services segment incurred losses from operations of ($4,192,334) and ($3,624,404) for 2014 and 2013, respectively. We anticipate that the services segment will continue to incur losses from operations while we continue to fund the project development activities of NSC and/or until such time as we obtain significant new management services or plant construction contracts.

Services segment revenues were $2,253,135 and $843,413 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. Services revenues increased from 2013 to 2014 primarily due to construction revenues generated from our contracts with the WAC to refurbish their Lower Valley plant and build a plant on Cayman Brac.

Gross profit for our services segment was ($327,125) and ($236,847) for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The lower gross profit for 2014 reflects a decline in sales of consumables stock to OC-BVI and other outside parties.

G&A expenses for the services segment were $3,865,209 and $3,387,557 for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase in G&A expenses for 2014 as compared to 2013 reflects an increase of approximately $544,000 in the project development activities of NSC attributable to a $1.0 million payment on an option agreement to purchase the shares in NSC held by one of its shareholders and a $350,000 payment made to reimburse a construction contractor for pilot testing and water monitoring activities conducted by the contractor on behalf of NSC. Such reimbursement was required due to NSC’s decision not to extend a memorandum of understanding with this contractor. See further discussion of these two payments at Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included at Item 8.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity Position

Our projected liquidity requirements for 2016 include capital expenditures for our existing operations of approximately $3.9 million, approximately $7.0 million for debt service on our demand loan payable and approximately $1.2 million for NSC’s project development activities. Our liquidity requirements for 2016 may also include quarterly dividends, if such dividends are declared by our Board. Our dividend payments amounted to approximately $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

In May 2014, we obtained financing (the proceeds of which were used to fund NSC’s land purchases in May 2014) in the form of a demand loan payable with an initial principal balance of $10 million. Assuming the loan is not called by the lender, payments on this loan are due quarterly under a five year amortization schedule with the remaining principal balance due on May 14, 2016. This loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%.

As of December 31, 2015, we had cash and cash equivalents of approximately $44.8 million and working capital of approximately $52.2 million. We are not presently aware of anything that would lead us to believe that we will not have sufficient liquidity to meet our needs for 2016 and thereafter.

In February 2016, we purchased 51% of the equity ownership of Aerex Industries, Inc., a U.S. original equipment manufacturer and service provider of a wide range of products and services applicable to municipal and industrial water treatment, for $7.7 million in cash.

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Discussion of Cash Flows for the Year Ended December 31, 2015

Our cash and cash equivalents increased to $44,792,734 as of December 31, 2015 from $35,713,689 as of December 31, 2014.

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Our operating activities provided net cash of approximately $17.3 million. This net cash provided reflects net income generated for the year of approximately $7.9 million as adjusted for (i) various items included in the determination of net income that do not affect cash flows during the year and (ii) changes in the other components of working capital. The more significant of such items included depreciation and amortization of approximately $5.9 million, a net decrease in accounts receivable of approximately $3.4 million, and a non-cash impairment charge for our investment in OC-BVI of $1,060,000.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in our investing activities was approximately $2.1 million. We increased the total amount invested in certificates of deposit by $637,538 during the year and purchased property plant and equipment and expended funds on construction in progress in the normal course of business in the aggregate of amount of approximately $3.1 million. We also collected $1.7 million in principal repayments on our notes receivable from the WAC.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Our financing activities used approximately $6.2 million in net cash as we paid dividends of approximately $4.4 million and repaid $2.0 million of our demand note payable.

Material Commitments, Expenditures and Contingencies

Retail License

We sell water through our retail operations under a license issued in July 1990 by the Cayman Islands government that grants Cayman Water the exclusive right to provide potable water to customers within its licensed service area. As discussed below, this license was set to expire in July 2010 but has since been extended while negotiations for a new license take place. Pursuant to the license, we have the exclusive right to produce potable water and distribute it by pipeline to our licensed service area which consists of two of the three most populated areas of Grand Cayman, the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, we generated approximately 40%, 36% and 36%, respectively, of our consolidated revenues and 55%, 53% and 52%, respectively, of our consolidated gross profits from the retail water operations conducted pursuant to Cayman Water’s exclusive license. As discussed later herein, if we are not in default of any of its terms, this license provides us with the right to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those that the government offers to any third party.

The license was scheduled to expire in July 2010 but has been extended several times by the Cayman Islands government in order to provide the parties with additional time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent extension of the license was scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015; however, we have been informed by the WAC that our license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process.

In February 2011, the Water (Production and Supply) Law, 2011 and the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2011 (the “New Laws”) were published and enacted. Under the New Laws, the WAC will issue any new license, and such new license could include a rate of return on invested capital model, as discussed in the following paragraph.

Following the enactment of the New Laws, we were advised in correspondence from the Cayman Islands government and the WAC that: (i) the WAC is the principal negotiator, and not the Cayman Islands government, in our license negotiations, and (ii) the WAC has determined that a rate of return on invested capital model (“RCAM”) for the retail license is in the best interest of the public and our customers. RCAM is the rate model currently utilized in the electricity transmission and distribution license granted by the Cayman Islands government to the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. We responded to the Cayman Islands government that we disagreed with its position on these two matters and negotiations for a new license temporarily ceased.

In July 2012, in an effort to resolve several issues relating to our retail license renewal negotiations, we filed an Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (the “Application”) with the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”), seeking declarations that: (i) certain provisions of the New Laws appear to be incompatible and a determination as to how those provisions should be interpreted, (ii) the WAC’s roles as the principal license negotiator, statutory regulator and our competitor put the WAC in a position of hopeless conflict, and (iii) the WAC’s decision to replace the rate structure under our current exclusive license with RCAM was predetermined and unreasonable. In October 2012, we were notified that the Court agreed to consider the issues raised in the Application.

The hearing for this judicial review was held on April 1, 2014. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties agreed that the Court should solely be concerned with the interpretation of the statutory provisions. As part of this agreement, the WAC agreed to consider our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing. In June 2014, the Court determined that: (i) the renewal of the license does not require a public bidding process; and (ii) the WAC is the proper entity to negotiate with us for the renewal of the license.

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Our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing were made to the WAC on June 9, 2014. We received a letter from the WAC dated September 11, 2014, which fully rejected our submissions and stated that the WAC intend to provide us with a draft RCAM license in due course.

On November 21, 2014, we wrote to the Minister of Works offering to recommence license negotiations on the basis of the RCAM model subject to certain conditions which are: (i) the Government would undertake to amend the current water legislation to provide for an independent regulator and a fair and balanced regulatory regime more consistent with that provided under the electrical utility regulatory regime, (ii) the Government and we would mutually appoint an independent referee and chairman of the negotiations, (iii) our new license would provide exclusivity for the production and provision of all piped water, both potable and non-potable, within our Cayman Islands license area, (iv) the Government would allow us to submit our counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, and (v) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under a new license. On March 23 2015, we received a letter from the Minister of Works with the following responses to our November 21, 2014 letter: (1) that while the Cayman government plans to create a public utilities commission, the provision of a new license will not depend upon the formation of such a commission; (2) any consideration regarding inclusion of the exclusive right to sell non-potable water within the area covered by the retail license will not take place until after the draft license has proceeded through the review process of the negotiations; (3) rather than allow us to submit a counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, the WAC will draft the license with the understanding that we will be allowed to propose amendments thereto; (4) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under the new license; and (5) a request that we consider eliminating our monthly minimum volume charge in the new license.

We recommenced license negotiations with the WAC during the third quarter of 2015 based upon a draft RCAM license provided by the WAC. Such license negotiations remain on-going. We are presently unable to determine when such negotiations will be completed or the final outcome of such negotiations.

The Cayman Islands government could ultimately offer a third party a license to service some or all of our present service area. However, as set forth in the existing license, “the Governor hereby agrees that upon the expiry of the term of this Licence or any extension thereof, he will not grant a licence or franchise to any other person or company for the processing, distribution, sale and supply of water within the Licence Area without having first offered such a licence or franchise to the Company on terms no less favourable than the terms offered to such other person or company.”

The resolution of these license negotiations could result in a material reduction of the operating income and cash flows we have historically generated from our retail operations and could require us to record an impairment charge to reduce the $3,499,037 carrying value of our goodwill. Such impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

We are presently unable to determine what impact the resolution of this matter will have on our cash flows, financial condition or results of operations.

N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V.

In May 2010, we acquired, through our wholly-owned Netherlands subsidiary, Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”) a 50% interest in N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”), a development stage Mexican company. We have since purchased, through the conversion of a loan we made to NSC, sufficient shares to raise our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. NSC was formed to pursue a project (the “Project”) that originally encompassed the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and accompanying pipelines to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system. As discussed in paragraphs that follow, during 2015 the scope of the Project was defined by the State of Baja, California to consist of a first phase consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and a pipeline that connects only to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase consisting of an additional 50 million gallons of production capacity. We believe the Project can be successful due to what we believe is a growing need for a new potable water supply to serve the area of north Baja California, Mexico and (indirectly) Southern California, U.S.

Since its inception NSC has engaged engineering groups with extensive regional and/or technical experience to prepare preliminary designs and cost estimates for the desalination plant and the proposed pipeline and prepare the environmental impact studies for local, state and federal regulatory agencies and has also acquired the land, performed pilot plant and feed water source testing, and evaluated financing alternatives for the Project..

NSC entered into a purchase contract for 8.1 hectares of land on which the proposed plant would be constructed and in 2012 obtained an extension of this purchase contract through May 15, 2014 in exchange for prepayments of (i) $500,000 paid at signing of the extension and (ii) a further $500,000 paid in May 2013. NSC paid $7.4 million in May 2014 to complete this land purchase. In 2013, NSC purchased an additional 12 hectares of land for the project for $12 million, of which $2 million was paid. NSC paid the remaining $10 million balance for this land purchase on May 15, 2014.

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In 2012 and 2013, NSC conducted an equipment piloting plant and water data collection program at the proposed feed water source for the Project under a Memorandum of Understanding (the “EPC MOU”) with a global engineering, procurement and construction contractor for large seawater desalination plants. Under the EPC MOU, the contractor installed and operated an equipment piloting plant and collected water quality data from the proposed feed water source site in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. The EPC MOU required that NSC negotiate exclusively with the contractor for the construction of the 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant, and further required payment by NSC to the contractor of up to $500,000 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the equipment piloting plant should NSC not award the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Project to the contractor. This first phase of the pilot plant testing program was completed in October 2013. NSC decided not to extend the EPC MOU beyond its February 2014 expiration date and NSC paid the contractor $350,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the pilot plant.

Based upon the initial scope of the Project, NSC signed a letter of intent with Otay Water District in Southern California in November 2012 to deliver no less than 20 million and up to 40 million gallons of water per day from the plant to the Otay Water District at the border between Mexico and the U.S. On November 25, 2013, Otay Water District submitted an application to the Department of State of the United States of America for a Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, connection, operation and importation of desalinated seawater at the international boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County, California. We understand that this application is currently being reviewed by the relevant authorities. However, in discussions held in 2015, Mexican federal and state water regulators indicated to us that it is not likely that water produced by the Project would be approved by such regulators for direct sale by NSC to U.S. customers such as the Otay Water District. Instead any additional water ultimately provided to the United States as either a direct or indirect result of the Project would be arranged through third party agreements with Mexican governmental agencies and delivered by the means such agencies deem appropriate, which may or may not include a pipeline from the Project’s plant to the U.S. border.

In November 2012, NSC entered into a lease with an effective term of 20-years from the date of full operation of the desalination plant, with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad for approximately 5,000 square meters of land on which it plans to construct the water intake and discharge works for the plant. The amounts due on this lease are payable in Mexican pesos at an amount that is currently equivalent to approximately $20,000 per month. This lease is cancellable should NSC ultimately not proceed with the Project.

In August 2014, the State of Baja California enacted new legislation to regulate Public-Private Association projects which involve the type of long-term contract between a public sector authority and a private party that NSC is seeking to complete the Project. Pursuant to this new legislation, on January 4, 2015, NSC submitted an expression of interest for its project to the Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development of the State of Baja California (“SIDUE”). On January 23, 2015, SIDUE accepted NSC’s expression of interest and requested that NSC submit a detailed proposal for the Project that complies with requirements of the new legislation. NSC submitted this detailed proposal (the “APP Proposal”) to SIDUE in late March 2015. The new legislation requires that such proposal be evaluated by SIDUE and submitted to the Public-Private Association Projects State Committee (the “APP Committee”) for review and authorization. If the APP Committee grants its authorization, the State of Baja California (the “State’) is required to conduct a public tender for the Project.

In response to our APP Proposal, in September 2015 NSC received a letter dated June 30, 2015 from the Director General of the Comisión Estatal de Agua de Baja California (“CEA”), the State agency with responsibility for the Project. In this letter, CEA stated that (i) in its opinion, the Project is in the public interest with high social benefits and is consistent with the objectives of the State Development Plan and (ii) that the Project and accompanying required public tender process should be conducted On November 6, 2015, the State officially commenced the tender for the Project, which the State has defined as a first phase to be operational in 2019 consisting of a 50 million gallon per day plant and a pipeline that connects to the Mexican potable water infrastructure, and a second phase to be operational in 2024 consisting of an additional 50 million gallons per day of production capacity. The State has set March 23, 2016 as the tender submission date. The State tendering process requires that prospective bidders provide certain legal, technical and financial qualifications in order to obtain the tender document. NSC submitted its qualifications to the State, was deemed qualified by the State and provided the tender documents, and plans to submit its tender on or before the March 23, 2016 deadline.

We have acknowledged since the inception of the Project that, due to the amount of capital the Project requires, we will ultimately need an equity partner or partners for the Project. During the fourth quarter of 2014, we concluded that our chances of successfully completing the Project under the new Public-Private Association legislation would be greatly enhanced through the addition of an equity partner for NSC with substantial financial resources and a history of successful capital project investments in Mexico. In March 2015, NSC entered into a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with such a potential partner. Pursuant to the LOI, (i) NSC agreed to sell the land and other Project assets to a new company (“Newco”) that will build and own the Project; (ii) NSC’s potential partner will provide the majority of the equity for the Project and thereby will own the majority interest in Newco; (iii) NSC would maintain a minority ownership position in Newco; and (iv) Newco would enter into a long-term management and technical services contract with NSC for the Project. This LOI is no longer valid, as its terms were applicable if and only if NSC and its potential partner were ultimately awarded the Project by early March 2016. However, we expect NSC’s tender submitted to the State will be based upon an agreement with one or more equity partners on terms comparable to those set forth in the LOI.

Included in our consolidated results of operations are general and administrative expenses from NSC, consisting of organizational, legal, accounting, engineering, consulting and other costs relating to NSC’s project development activities. Such expenses amounted to $2.2 million, $3.7 million and $3.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The assets and liabilities of NSC included in our consolidated balance sheets amounted to approximately $22.0 million and $488,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2015 and approximately $22.0 million and $214,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

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Despite the expenditures we have made and the activities we have completed to date, upon completion of the tender process the State may award the Project to a party other than NSC, or the State may decide to cancel the tender process. If NSC is not awarded the Project, the land we have purchased may lose its strategic importance as the site for the Project and consequently may decline in value. If NSC is not awarded the Project we may ultimately be unable to sell this land for amount equal to or in excess of its current carrying value of $20.6 million, and any loss on sale of the land, or impairment charge we may be required to record as a result of a decrease in the fair value of the land, could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

NSC Litigation

Immediately following CW-Cooperatief’s acquisition of its initial 50% ownership in NSC, the remaining 50% ownership interest in NSC was held by an unrelated company, Norte Sur Agua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NSA”). NSA subsequently transferred ownership of half of its shares in NSC to EWG Water LLC and the other half of its shares in NSC to Alejandro de la Vega (the “individual shareholder”). In February 2012, we paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option Agreement”) that provided us with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of NSC owned by the individual shareholder, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. Such shares constituted 25% of the ownership of NSC as of February 2012. In May 2013, NSC repaid a $5.7 million loan payable to CW-Cooperatief by issuing additional shares of its stock. As a result of this share issuance to CW-Cooperatief, we acquired 99.9% of the ownership of NSC. The Option Agreement contained an anti-dilution provision that required us to issue new shares in NSC of an amount sufficient to maintain the individual shareholder’s 25% ownership interest in NSC if (i) any new shares of NSC were issued subsequent to the execution of the Option Agreement and (ii) we did not exercise our share purchase option by February 7, 2014. We exercised our option and paid the $1.0 million to the individual shareholder to purchase the Option Agreement shares in February 2014.

In October 2015, we learned that EWG has filed a lawsuit against the individual shareholder, NSC, NSA, CW-Cooperatief, Ricardo del Monte Nunez, Carlos Eduardo Ahumada Arruit, Luis de Angitia Becerra, and the Public Registry of Commerce of Tijuana, Baja California in the Civil Court located in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. However, as of the date of the filing of this report, neither NSC nor CW-Cooperatief has been served with formal process for this lawsuit.

In this lawsuit, EWG is challenging the capital investment transactions that increased our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. EWG requested that the court, as a preliminary matter: (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records; and (c) appoint an inspector for NSA and NSC to oversee its commercial activities. The court granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG.

Additionally, EWG is also seeking an order directing: (i) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief to refrain from carrying out any transactions with respect to the Project; and (ii) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and the partners thereof, to refrain from transferring any interests in NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief. The court has not yet ruled on these requests.

EWG was offered opportunities to invest the capital required to maintain its relative ownership position in NSC in connection with the capital transactions that increased our ownership interest in NSC to 99.9% (i.e. the conversion of our loan to NSC into shares of its common stock), however, EWG consistently elected not to make such capital investments.

We believe that the claims made by EWG are baseless and without merit, and we will vigorously defend NSC and CW-Cooperatief in this litigation, and will seek dismissal of the orders entered by the court and all claims against NSC and CW-Cooperatief. Furthermore, on November 19, 2015, NSC and CW-Cooperatief filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against EWG and its Managing Partner, based upon our conclusion that lawsuit filed by EWG in Mexico directly breaches a contract dated April 12, 2012 between NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and EWG. We are vigorously pursuing our claims and seeking relief pursuant to this complaint.

We cannot presently determine the outcome of this litigation. However, such litigation could adversely impact our efforts to complete the Project.

CW-Belize

By Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published an order, the Public Utility Provider Class Declaration Order, 2009 (the “Order”), which as of May 1, 2009 designated CW-Belize as a public utility provider under the laws of Belize. With this designation, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (the “PUC”) has the authority to set the rates charged by CW-Belize and to otherwise regulate its activities. On November 1, 2010, CW-Belize received a formal complaint from the PUC alleging that CW-Belize was operating without a license under the terms of the Water Industry Act. CW-Belize applied for this license in December 2010. On July 29, 2011, the PUC issued the San Pedro Public Water Supply Quality and Security Complaint Order (the “Second Order”) which among other things requires that (i) CW-Belize and its customer jointly make a submission to the responsible Minister requesting that the area surrounding CW-Belize’s seawater abstraction wells be designated a forest reserve or national park and be designated a Controlled Area under section 58 of the Water Industry Act, (ii) CW-Belize submit an operations manual for CW-Belize’s desalination plant to the PUC for approval, (iii) CW-Belize and its customer modify the water supply agreement between the parties to (a) include new water quality parameters included in the Order and (b) cap the current exclusive water supply arrangement in the agreement at a maximum of 450,000 gallons per day, (iv) CW-Belize keep a minimum number of replacement seawater RO membranes in stock at all times and (v) CW-Belize take possession of and reimburse the PUC for certain equipment which the PUC purchased from a third-party in late 2010. CW-Belize has applied for declaratory judgment and has been granted a temporary injunction to stay the enforcement of the Second Order by the PUC until such time as the Belize courts could hear the matter. The initial hearing on this matter was conducted on October 30 and 31, 2012 with an additional hearing on November 29, 2012. The ruling on this case is pending. We are presently unable to determine what impact the Order and the Second Order will have on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

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Transfers of U.S. dollars from CW-Belize to our other subsidiaries require authorization in advance from the Central Bank of Belize.

Windsor Plant Water Supply Agreement

Our subsidiary, CW-Bahamas, provides bulk water to the WSC, which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the Island of New Providence. Pursuant to a water supply agreement, we are required to provide the WSC with at least 16.8 million gallons per week of potable water from the Windsor plant. This water supply agreement was scheduled to expire when we delivered the total amount of water required under the agreement in July 2013, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis. At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to:

i. extend the agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated;

ii. exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated with CW-Bahamas; or

iii. require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

At the request of the government of The Bahamas, we continue to operate and maintain the Windsor plant on a month-to-month basis to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not it will extend CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreement for the Windsor plant on a long-term basis. CW-Bahamas generated revenues from the operation of this plant of approximately $5.8 million, $6.2 million and $7.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

CW-Bali

Through our subsidiary, CW-Bali, we have built and presently operate a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. We built this plant based upon our belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable us to sell all of this plant’s production. Our current sales volumes for this plant are not sufficient to cover its operating costs, and CW-Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000), ($458,000) and ($438,000) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on our consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million.

In 2015, the Indonesian government passed Regulation 121 which provides a mechanism for governmental regulatory oversight over the utilization of Indonesia’s water resources. Under this new regulation, the approval or cooperation of the local government water utility is required for any water supply contracts executed by non-governmental providers after the effective date of the regulation. Consequently CW-Bali will be required to enter into a cooperation agreement with Bali’s local government water utility, PDAM, or otherwise obtain PDAM’s approval, to supply any new customers. However, we presently have no reason to believe PDAM would not approve any new water supply agreements for CW-Bali.

We are presently seeking a strategic partner to (i) purchase a major portion of our equity ownership in CW-Bali; (ii) lead its sales and marketing efforts; (iii) liaise with PDAM; and (iv) assist with CW-Bali’s on-going funding requirements. We also plan to market the available productive capacity of our Nusa Dua plant to PDAM. If we are not able to obtain a strategic partner for CW-Bali, sell water to PDAM or other new customers, or otherwise significantly increase the revenues generated by our Nusa Dua plant in the future, we will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of CW-Bali’s plant assets to their fair value. Such an impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations.

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Effect of Newly Issued But Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 requires revenue recognition to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 prescribes a five step framework in accounting for revenues from contracts within its scope, including (a) identification of the contract, (b) identification of the performance obligations under the contract, (c) determination of the transaction price, (d) allocation of the transaction price to the identified performance obligations and (e) recognition of revenues as the identified performance obligations are satisfied. ASU 2014-09 also prescribes additional disclosures and financial statement presentations. ASU 2014-09 may be adopted retrospectively or under a modified retrospective method where the cumulative effect is recognized at the date of initial application. This amendment was originally effective January 1, 2017. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date by one year to January 1, 2018. Early application is permitted but not before January 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. The amendments in this update require management to reevaluate whether certain legal entities should be consolidated. Specifically, the amendments (1) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) or voting interest entities, (2) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (3) affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships, and (4) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-02 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 provides authoritative guidance related to the presentation of debt issuance costs on the balance sheet, requiring companies to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of debt. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance must be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. ASU 2015-11 applies to all inventory that is measured using first-in, first-out or average cost. The guidance requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, which clarifies the treatment of debt issuance costs from line-of-credit arrangements after adoption of ASU 2015-03. The SEC Staff announced they would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The amendment requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. The amendment becomes effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-15 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations: Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires an acquirer to recognize adjustments identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adjustment must include the cumulative effect of the adjustment as if the accounting had been completed on the acquisition date. The update should be applied prospectively and becomes effective January 1, 2016. Early application is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-16 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and, for most provisions, is effective using the cumulative-effect transition approach. Early application is permitted for certain provisions. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. The new guidance requires companies to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leased assets. The accounting guidance for lessors will remain relatively largely unchanged. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Material Expenditures and Commitments

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2015:

	Total		2016		2017-2019		2020-2022		2023 and Thereafter
Demand loan payable (1)	$	7,045,258	$	7,045,258	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employment agreements		3,145,301		1,846,610		1,298,691		-		-
Operating leases		6,453,053		717,874		2,084,211		949,596		2,701,372
Purchase obligations		1,249,704		1,171,368		78,336		-		-
Security deposits		224,827		50,000		124,827		-		50,000
Total	$	18,118,143	$	10,831,110	$	3,586,065	$	949,596	$	2,751,372

(1) Includes interest costs to be incurred.

CW-Bahamas Liquidity

Transfers of U.S. dollars from CW-Bahamas to our other subsidiaries require authorization in advance from the Central Bank of The Bahamas.

CW-Bahamas Performance Guarantees

Our contract to supply water to the WSC from our Blue Hills plant requires us to guarantee delivery of a minimum quantity of water per week. If we do not meet this minimum, we are required to pay the WSC for the difference between the minimum and actual gallons delivered at a per gallon rate equal to the price per gallon that WSC is currently paying us under the contract. The Blue Hills contract expires in 2032 and requires us to deliver 63.0 million gallons of water each week.

Dividends

· On January 31, 2015, we paid a dividend of $0.075 to shareholders of record on January 1, 2015.

· On April 30, 2015, we paid a dividend of $0.075 to shareholders of record on April 1, 2015.

· On July 31, 2015, we paid a dividend of $0.075 to shareholders of record on July 1, 2015.

· On October 31, 2015, we paid a dividend of $0.075 to shareholders of record on October 1, 2015.

· On January 31, 2016, we paid a dividend of $0.075 to shareholders of record on January 1, 2016.

· On February 16, 2016, our Board declared a dividend of $0.075 payable on April 30, 2016 to shareholders of record on April 1, 2016.

We have paid dividends to owners of our common shares and redeemable preferred shares since we began declaring dividends in 1985. Our payment of any future cash dividends will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, cash flows, capital requirements and other factors our Board deems relevant in determining the amount and timing of such dividends.

Dividend Reinvestment and Common Stock Purchase Plan.

This program is available to our shareholders, who may reinvest all or a portion of their common cash dividends into shares of common stock at prevailing market prices and may also invest optional cash payments to purchase additional shares at prevailing market prices as part of this program.

Impact of Inflation

Under the terms of our Cayman Islands license and our water sales agreements in The Bahamas, Belize and the British Virgin Islands, our water rates are automatically adjusted for inflation on an annual basis, subject to temporary exceptions. We, therefore, believe that the impact of inflation on our gross profit, measured in consistent dollars, will not be material. However, significant increases in items such as fuel and energy costs could create additional credit risks for us, as our customers’ ability to pay our invoices could be adversely affected by such increases.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

Credit Risk

We are not exposed to significant credit risk on retail customer accounts in the Cayman Islands as our policy is to cease supply of water to customers whose accounts are more than 45 days overdue. Our primary exposure to credit risk is from accounts receivable arising from bulk water sales to the governments of Belize, The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands.

As of December 31, 2015, we had approximately $5.6 million in loans receivable due from the Water Authority-Cayman. These loans were current as to scheduled principal and interest payments as of December 31, 2015.

Interest Rate Risk

We are not exposed to significant interest rate risk as the balance of our demand loan payable is not material to our operations or financial condition.

Foreign Exchange Risk

All of the currencies in our operating areas other than the Mexican peso, Indonesian rupiah (“IDR”) and the euro have been fixed to the dollar for over 30 years and we do not employ a hedging strategy against exchange rate risk associated with our reporting in dollars. If any of these fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate or if any of the foreign currencies in which we conduct business depreciate significantly against the dollar, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.

As a result of our foreign operations, we have revenues and expenses, and assets and liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies that are subject to variable foreign exchange rates. A 10% hypothetical adverse change in foreign exchange rates applied consistently to our financial instruments subject to foreign exchange risk would result in an increase or decrease in our consolidated net income of approximately $308,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015. A 10% hypothetical adverse change in foreign exchange rates applied variably to our financial instruments subject to foreign exchange risk would result in an increase or decrease in our consolidated net income of approximately $402,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Although operations generally are conducted in the relevant local currency, we also are subject to foreign exchange transaction exposure when our subsidiaries transact business in a currency other than their own functional currency.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	47
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014	48
Consolidated Statements of Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	49
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	50
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	51
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	52
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	53
Schedule II, Valuation and Qualifying Accounts, is omitted because the information is included in the financial statements and notes.
OCEAN CONVERSION (BVI) LTD.
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm	78
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014	79
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	80
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	81
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013	82
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	83

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015. We also have audited Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.’s management is responsible for these financial statements, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also in our opinion, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

/s/ Marcum LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

March 15, 2016

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	December 31,
	2015			2014
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	44,792,734		$	35,713,689
Certificate of deposit		5,637,538			5,000,000
Restricted cash		428,203			456,083
Accounts receivable, net		9,529,016			11,773,744
Inventory		1,918,728			1,738,382
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		1,282,660			1,612,860
Current portion of loans receivable		1,841,851			1,726,310
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings - construction projects		-			1,090,489
Total current assets		65,430,730			59,111,557
Property, plant and equipment, net		53,743,170			56,396,988
Construction in progress		1,928,610			1,900,016
Inventory, non-current		4,558,374			4,240,977
Loans receivable		3,769,016			5,610,867
Investment in OC-BVI		4,548,271			5,208,603
Intangible assets, net		771,811			927,900
Goodwill		3,499,037			3,499,037
Land held for development		20,558,424			20,558,424
Other assets		2,809,255			3,005,462
Total assets	$	161,616,698		$	160,459,831
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities	$	4,829,535		$	5,962,015
Dividends payable		1,177,246			1,190,325
Demand loan payable		7,000,000			9,000,000
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings - construction project		189,985			-
Total current liabilities		13,196,766			16,152,340
Other liabilities		224,827			224,827
Total liabilities		13,421,593			16,377,167
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
Redeemable preferred stock, $0.60 par value. Authorized 200,000 shares; issued and outstanding 38,804 and 36,840 shares, respectively		23,282			22,104
Class A common stock, $0.60 par value. Authorized 24,655,000 shares; issued and outstanding 14,781,201 and 14,715,899 shares, respectively		8,868,721			8,829,539
Class B common stock, $0.60 par value. Authorized 145,000 shares; none issued		-			-
Additional paid-in capital		84,597,349			83,779,292
Retained earnings		52,084,175			49,000,621
Cumulative translation adjustment		(533,365	)		(482,388	)
Total Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity		145,040,162			141,149,168
Non-controlling interests		3,154,943			2,933,496
Total equity		148,195,105			144,082,664
Total liabilities and equity	$	161,616,698		$	160,459,831

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Retail revenues	$	23,254,757		$	24,104,932		$	23,018,498
Bulk revenues		31,854,255			39,201,011			39,960,220
Services revenues		2,007,190			2,253,135			843,413
Total revenues		57,116,202			65,559,078			63,822,131
Cost of retail revenues		10,925,634			11,944,071			10,956,904
Cost of bulk revenues		21,634,789			27,919,249			28,279,088
Cost of services revenues		1,629,221			2,580,260			1,080,260
Total cost of revenues		34,189,644			42,443,580			40,316,252
Gross profit		22,926,558			23,115,498			23,505,879
General and administrative expenses		14,458,494			16,654,439			15,844,303
Income from operations		8,468,064			6,461,059			7,661,576
Other income (expense):
Interest income		1,013,252			1,440,631			826,570
Interest expense		(269,090	)		(488,770	)		(484,057	)
Profit sharing income from OC-BVI		105,300			111,375			357,636
Equity in earnings of OC-BVI		294,368			303,380			979,716
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI		(1,060,000	)		(860,000	)		(200,000	)
Other		(626,400	)		(203,135	)		7,048
Other income (expense), net		(542,570	)		303,481			1,486,913
Net income		7,925,494			6,764,540			9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		406,793			499,182			553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$	7,518,701		$	6,265,358		$	8,594,519
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders	$	0.51		$	0.43		$	0.59
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders	$	0.51		$	0.42		$	0.58
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.30		$	0.30		$	0.30
Weighted average number of common shares used in the determination of:
Basic earnings per share		14,741,748			14,697,896			14,633,884
Diluted earnings per share		14,827,755			14,764,323			14,703,880

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Net income	$	7,925,494		$	6,764,540		$	9,148,489
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		(53,660	)		(10,953	)		(480,614	)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)		(53,660	)		(10,953	)		(480,614	)
Comprehensive income		7,871,834			6,753,587			8,667,875
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests		404,110			498,634			529,939
Comprehensive income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$	7,467,724		$	6,254,953		$	8,137,936

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

	Redeemable preferred stock						Common stock				Additional paid-in			Retained			Cumulative translation			Non-controlling			Total stockholders’
	Shares			Dollars			Shares		Dollars		capital			earnings			adjustment			interests			equity
Balance as of December 31, 2012		30,265		$	18,159			14,593,011	$	8,755,807	$	82,467,421		$	42,965,179		$	(15,400	)	$	1,927,214		$	136,118,380
Issue of share capital		10,180			6,108			25,111		15,067		196,698			-			-			-			217,873
Conversion of preferred stock		(4,720	)		(2,832	)		4,720		2,832		-			-			-			-			-
Buyback of preferred stock		(521	)		(313	)		-		-		(3,952	)		-			-			-			(4,265	)
Net income		-			-			-		-		-			8,594,519			-			553,970			9,148,489
Exercise of options		2,204			1,323			63,355		38,012		474,747			-			-			-			514,082
Dividends declared		-			-			-		-		-			(4,404,150	)		-			-			(4,404,150	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		-			-			-		-		-			-			(456,583	)		(24,031	)		(480,614	)
Capital contribution		-			-			-		-		-			-			-			142,105			142,105
Stock-based compensation		-			-			-		-		246,473			-			-			-			246,473
Balance as of December 31, 2013		37,408			22,445			14,686,197		8,811,718		83,381,387			47,155,548			(471,983	)		2,599,258			141,498,373
Issue of share capital		5,957			3,574			18,294		10,976		244,787			-			-			-			259,337
Conversion of preferred stock		(4,756	)		(2,854	)		4,756		2,854		-			-			-			-			-
Buyback of preferred stock		(1,822	)		(1,093	)		-		-		(12,569	)		-			-			-			(13,662	)
Net income		-			-			-		-		-			6,265,358			-			499,182			6,764,540
Exercise of options		53			32			6,652		3,991		49,113			-			-			-			53,136
Dividends declared		-			-			-		-		-			(4,420,285	)		-			(164,396	)		(4,584,681	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		-			-			-		-		-			-			(10,405	)		(548	)		(10,953	)
Stock-based compensation		-			-			-		-		116,574			-			-			-			116,574
Balance as of December 31, 2014		36,840			22,104			14,715,899		8,829,539		83,779,292			49,000,621			(482,388	)		2,933,496			144,082,664
Issue of share capital		8,615			5,169			10,514		6,308		131,741			-			-			-			143,218
Conversion of preferred stock		(7,195	)		(4,317	)		7,195		4,317		-			-			-			-			-
Buyback of preferred stock		(748	)		(449	)		-		-		(5,565	)		-			-			-			(6,014	)
Net income		-			-			-		-		-			7,518,701			-			406,793			7,925,494
Exercise of options		1,292			775			47,593		28,557		427,431			-			-			-			456,763
Dividends declared		-			-			-		-		-			(4,435,147	)		-			(182,663	)		(4,617,810	)
Foreign currency translation adjustment		-			-			-		-		-			-			(50,977	)		(2,683	)		(53,660	)
Stock-based compensation		-			-			-		-		264,450			-			-			-			264,450
Balance as of December 31, 2015		38,804		$	23,282			14,781,201	$	8,868,721	$	84,597,349		$	52,084,175		$	(533,365	)	$	3,154,943		$	148,195,105

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	7,925,494		$	6,764,540		$	9,148,489
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		5,657,580			5,524,359			5,472,116
Amortization of other assets		179,353			179,353			179,353
Land lease		23,014			25,968			27,371
Provision for doubtful accounts		-			-			32,933
Compensation expense relating to stock and stock option grants		407,668			202,454			381,976
Net loss on disposal of fixed assets		32,566			77,495			14,562
Foreign currency transaction adjustment		420,641			107,839			245,684
Profit sharing and equity in earnings of OC-BVI		(399,668	)		(414,755	)		(1,337,352	)
Impairment losses		1,060,000			860,000			200,000
Unrealized gain on marketable securities		-			-			(17,137	)
Change in:
Accounts receivable and Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings		3,402,728			5,988,523			(6,387,462	)
Inventory		(732,588	)		(566,928	)		(65,637	)
Prepaid expenses and other assets		276,116			423,893			(137,563	)
Accounts payable and other liabilities and Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings - construction project		(933,118	)		(987,880	)		1,622,611
Net cash provided by operating activities		17,319,786			18,184,861			9,379,944
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of certificate of deposit		(5,637,538	)		(5,000,000	)		-
Maturity of certificate of deposit		5,000,000			-			-
Additions to property, plant and equipment and construction in progress		(3,113,565	)		(3,626,278	)		(4,315,389	)
Proceeds from sale of equipment		10,160			13,620			13,740
Distribution of earnings from OC-BVI		-			969,600			1,439,250
Collections on loans receivable		1,726,310			1,691,102			1,812,533
Sale of marketable securities		-			8,587,475			-
Payment for land held for development		-			(7,382,858	)		(3,125,566	)
Payment of land purchase obligation		-			(10,050,000	)		-
Restriction on cash balance		(42,716	)		(456,083	)		-
Net cash used in investing activities		(2,057,349	)		(15,253,422	)		(4,175,432	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid to CWCO common shareholders		(4,417,534	)		(4,407,249	)		(4,388,708	)
Dividends paid to CWCO preferred shareholders		(11,881	)		(11,528	)		(10,383	)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests		(201,473	)		(164,396	)		-
Repurchase of redeemable preferred stock		(6,014	)		(13,077	)		9,313
Proceeds received from exercise of stock options		456,763			52,551			500,505
Principal repayments of long term debt		-			(5,301,327	)		(1,724,025	)
Capital contribution from non-controlling interest		-			-			142,105
Proceeds received from demand loan payable		-			10,000,000			-
Repayments of demand loan payable		(2,000,000	)		(1,000,000	)		-
Net cash used in financing activities		(6,180,139	)		(845,026	)		(5,471,193	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(3,253	)		760			542
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		9,079,045			2,087,173			(266,139	)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		35,713,689			33,626,516			33,892,655
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	44,792,734		$	35,713,689		$	33,626,516

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Principal activity

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) use reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water from seawater. The Company processes and supplies water to its customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia. The Company sells water to a variety of customers, including public utilities, commercial and tourist properties, residential properties and government facilities. The base price of water supplied by the Company, and adjustments thereto, are determined by the terms of a retail license and bulk water supply contracts which provide for adjustments based upon the movement in the government price indices specified in the license and contracts as well as monthly adjustments for changes in the cost of energy. The Company also provides engineering and design services for water plant construction, and manages and operates water plants owned by others.

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation: The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and the fair value of the Company’s investment in its affiliate. Actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

Basis of consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s (i) wholly-owned subsidiaries, Aquilex, Inc., Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”), Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited (“CW-Belize”), Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OC-Cayman”), DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”), Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”); and (ii) majority-owned subsidiaries Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (“CW-Bahamas”), Consolidated Water (Asia) Pte. Limited, PT Consolidated Water Bali (“CW-Bali”) and N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”). The Company’s investment in its affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”), is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Foreign currency: The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollar (“US$”). The functional currency of the Company and its foreign operating subsidiaries (other than NSC and CW-Cooperatief) is the currency for each respective country. The functional currency for NSC is the US$. The exchange rates between the Cayman Islands dollar, the Belize dollar, the Bahamian dollar are fixed to the US$. CW-Cooperatief conducts business in US$ and euros, CW-Bali conducts business in US$ and Indonesian rupiahs, and NSC conducts business in US$ and Mexican pesos. The exchange rates for conversion of euros, rupiahs and Mexican pesos into US$ vary based upon market conditions. Net foreign currency gains (losses) arising from transactions conducted in foreign currencies were ($485,291), ($111,409) and ($197,396) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and are included in “Other income (expense)” in the consolidated statements of income.

Comprehensive income: Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income (loss) is the total of net income and other comprehensive income (loss) which, for the Company, is comprised entirely of foreign currency translation adjustments related to CW-Bali.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits at banks and highly liquid deposits at banks with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 include $13.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of certificates of deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had deposits in U.S. banks in excess of federally insured limits of approximately $1.9 million. As of December 31, 2015, the Company held cash in foreign bank accounts of approximately $44.4 million.

Transfers from the Company’s Bahamas and Belize bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of the Bahamas and Belize, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the equivalent United States dollar cash balances for deposits held in the Bahamas and Belize were approximately $23.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The $23.2 million Bahamas balance includes the Company’s certificate of deposit balance of approximately $5.6 million.

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts: Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts based on meter readings or minimum take-or-pay amounts per contractual agreements. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience and monthly review of delinquent accounts. Past due balances are reviewed individually for collectability and disconnection. Account balances are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered by management to be remote.

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Inventory: Inventory primarily includes consumables stock and spare parts stock that are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on the first-in, first-out basis. Inventory also includes potable water held in the Company’s reservoirs. The carrying amount of the water inventory is the lower of the average cost of producing water during the year or its net realizable value.

Loans receivable: Loans receivable relate to notes receivable from customers arising from the construction and sale of water desalination plants. The allowance for loan losses, if any, is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing loans and is determined on an individual loan basis.

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using a straight line method with an allowance for estimated residual values. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Buildings	5 to 40 years
Plant and equipment	4 to 40 years
Distribution system	3 to 40 years
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 10 years
Vehicles	3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of 5 years or lease term
Lab equipment	5 to 10 years

Additions to property, plant and equipment are comprised of the cost of the contracted services, direct labor and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of the projects. Depreciation commences in the month the asset is placed in service.

Long-lived assets: Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.

Construction in progress: Interest costs directly attributable to the acquisition and construction of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to be ready for their intended use, are added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for use. No interest was capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 or 2013.

Goodwill and intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess cost over the fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values and reviewed periodically for impairment. The Company evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill annually as part of its reporting process for the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. Management identifies the Company’s reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares the fair value to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company estimated the fair value of its reporting units by applying the discounted cash flow method, the subject company stock price method, the guideline public company method, and the mergers and acquisitions method.

The discounted cash flow method relied upon seven-year discrete projections of operating results, working capital and capital expenditures, along with a terminal value subsequent to the discrete period. These seven-year projections were based upon historical and anticipated future results, general economic and market conditions, and considered the impact of planned business and operational strategies. The discount rates for the calculations represented the estimated cost of capital for market participants at the time of each analysis. In preparing these seven-year projections for its retail unit, the Company (i) identified possible outcomes of its on-going negotiations with the Cayman Islands government for the renewal of its retail license; (ii) estimated the cash flows associated with each possible outcome; and (iii) assigned a probability to each outcome and associated estimated cash flows. The weighted average estimated cash flows were then summed to determine the overall fair value of the retail unit under this method. The possible outcomes used for the discounted cash flow method for the retail unit included the implementation of a rate of return on invested capital model, the methodology proposed by Cayman Islands government representatives for the new retail license.

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The Company also estimated the fair value of each of its reporting units for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 through reference to the quoted market prices for the Company and guideline companies and the market multiples implied by guideline merger and acquisition transactions.

The Company weighted the fair values estimated for each of its reporting units under each method and summed such weighted fair values to estimate the overall fair value for each reporting unit. The respective weightings the Company applied to each method as of December 31, 2015 were consistent with those used as of December 31, 2014 and were as follows:

	2015						2014
Method	Retail			Bulk			Retail			Bulk
Discounted cash flow		50	%		50	%		50	%		50	%
Subject company stock price		30	%		30	%		30	%		30	%
Guideline public company		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
Mergers and acquisitions		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 72% and 20%, respectively, as of December 31, 2015. The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 36% and 29%, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

The Company also performed an analysis reconciling the conclusions of value for its reporting units to its market capitalization at October 1, 2015. This reconciliation resulted in an implied control premium for our Company of 5%.

Investments: Investments where the Company does not exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds less than 20% of the voting stock are recorded at cost. The Company uses the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock where the Company holds 20% to 50% of the voting stock of the investee and has significant influence over its operating and financial policies but does not meet the criteria for consolidation. The Company recognizes impairment losses on declines in the fair value of the stock of investees that are other than temporary.

Other assets: Under the terms of CW-Bahamas’ contract with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas to supply water from its Blue Hills desalination plant, CW-Bahamas was required to reduce the amount of water lost by the public water distribution system on New Providence Island, The Bahamas, over a one year period by 438 million gallons, a requirement CW Bahamas met during 2007. The Company was solely responsible for the engineering, labor and materials costs incurred to effect the reduction in lost water, which were capitalized and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the original remaining life of the Blue Hills contract. Such costs are included in other assets and aggregated approximately $3.5 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Accumulated amortization for these costs was approximately $1.6 million and $1.4 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Other liabilities: Other liabilities consist of security deposits received from large customers as security for trade receivables.

Income taxes: The Company accounts for the income taxes arising from the operations of its United States subsidiary, Aquilex, Inc., under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to the extent any deferred tax asset may not be realized.

CW-Belize is liable for business and corporate income taxes. Under the terms of its water supply agreement with Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), its sole customer, CW-Belize is reimbursed by BWSL for all taxes that it is required to pay and records this reimbursement as an offset to its tax expense.

Other than Bali, Indonesia, the Company is not presently subject to income taxes in the other countries in which it operates.

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Plant construction revenue and cost of plant construction revenue: The Company recognizes revenue and related costs as work progresses on fixed price contracts for the construction of desalination plants to be sold to third parties using the percentage-of-completion method, which relies on contract revenue and estimates of total expected costs. The Company follows this method since it can make reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various stages of a contract. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company records revenue and recognizes profit or loss as work on the contract progresses. The Company estimates total project costs and profit to be earned on each long term, fixed price contract prior to commencement of work on the contract and updates these estimates as work on the contract progresses. The cumulative amount of revenue recorded on a contract at a specified point in time is that percentage of total estimated revenue that incurred costs to date comprises of estimated total contract costs. If, as work progresses, the actual contract costs exceed estimates, the profit recognized on revenue from that contract decreases. The Company recognizes the full amount of any estimated loss on a contract at the time the estimates indicate such a loss. Any costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings are classified as current assets. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, if any, are classified as current liabilities.

The Company assumes the risk that the costs associated with constructing the plant may be greater than it anticipated in preparing its bid. However, the terms of each of the sales contracts with its customers require the Company to guarantee the sales price for the plant at the bid amount. Because the Company bases its contracted sales price in part on its estimation of future construction costs, the profitability of its plant sales is dependent on its ability to estimate these costs accurately. The cost estimates the Company prepares in connection with the construction of plants to be sold to third parties are subject to inherent uncertainties. The cost of materials and construction may increase significantly after the Company submits its bid for a plant due to factors beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the profit margin for a plant to be less than the Company anticipated when the bid was made. The profit margin the Company initially expects to generate from a plant sale could be further affected by other factors, such as hydro-geologic conditions at the plant site that differ materially from those the Company believes exists, and therefore relies upon, in preparing its bid.

Revenue from water sales: The Company recognizes revenues from water sales at the time water is supplied to the customer’s facility or storage tank. The amount of water supplied is determined based upon water meter readings performed at the end of each month. Under the terms of both its license agreement with the government of the Cayman Islands and its bulk water supply contracts, the Company is entitled to charge its customers the greater of a minimum monthly charge or the price for water supplied during the month.

Comparative amounts: Certain amounts presented in the financial statements previously issued for 2014 and 2013 have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2014 totaling approximately $1.1 million relating to costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings – construction project were reclassified from investing activities to operating activities. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2013 as effect of exchange rate changes on cash totaling approximately $364,000 were reclassified to operating activities.

3. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are not restricted by the terms of the Company’s bank accounts as to withdrawal or use. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the equivalent United States dollars are denominated in the following currencies:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Bank accounts:
United States dollar	$	10,961,159	$	7,809,107
Cayman Islands dollar		10,590,207		4,274,025
Bahamian dollar		1,983,236		6,822,761
Belize dollar		4,213,923		3,658,705
Bermudian dollar		4,571		5,507
Mexican Peso		27,872		53,203
Euro		23,819		30,291
Singapore dollar		25,879		27,641
Indonesian Rupiah		40,483		78,991
		27,871,149		22,760,231
Short term deposits:
United States dollar		1,307,337		474,728
Bahamian dollar		15,614,248		12,478,730
		16,921,585		12,953,458
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	44,792,734	$	35,713,689

Transfers from the Company’s Bahamas and Belize bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of the Bahamas and Belize, respectively.

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4. Accounts receivable

	December 31
	2015			2014
Trade accounts receivable	$	8,235,514		$	10,722,177
Receivable – construction project		521,250			415,305
Receivable from OC-BVI		45,118			49,154
Other accounts receivable		920,472			780,446
		9,722,354			11,967,082
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(193,338	)		(193,338	)
	$	9,529,016		$	11,773,744

The activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of:

	December 31
	2015		2014
Opening allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	223,043
Provision for doubtful accounts		-		-
Accounts written off during the year		-		(29,705	)
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	193,338

Significant concentrations of credit risk are disclosed in Note 20.

5. Inventory

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Water stock	$	27,670	$	38,353
Consumables stock		152,350		204,180
Spare parts stock		6,297,082		5,736,826
Total inventory		6,477,102		5,979,359
Less current portion		1,918,728		1,738,382
Inventory (non-current)	$	4,558,374	$	4,240,977

6. Loans receivable

	December 31,
	2015		2014
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.	$	4,678,355	$	5,831,504
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.		932,512		1,505,673
Total loans receivable		5,610,867		7,337,177
Less current portion		1,841,851		1,726,310
Loans receivable, excluding current portion	$	3,769,016	$	5,610,867

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7. Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Land	$	3,223,361	$	3,223,361
Buildings		18,437,758		18,462,770
Plant and equipment		63,733,553		61,679,293
Distribution system		31,726,766		31,481,048
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment		3,210,819		3,159,699
Vehicles		1,384,294		1,273,803
Leasehold improvements		260,519		260,519
Lab equipment		157,851		28,743
		122,134,921		119,569,236
Less accumulated depreciation		68,391,751		63,172,248
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988
Construction in progress	$	1,928,610	$	1,900,016

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding capital commitments of $563,551. The Company maintains insurance for loss or damage to all fixed assets that it deems susceptible to loss. The Company does not insure its underground distribution system as the Company considers the possibility of material loss or damage to this system to be remote. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, $2,694,733 and $2,693,622, respectively, of construction in progress was placed in service. Depreciation expense was $5,501,491, $5,355,771, and $5,113,589 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

8. Investment in OC-BVI

The Company owns 50% of the outstanding voting common shares and a 43.53% equity interest in the profits of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”). The Company also owns certain profit sharing rights in OC-BVI that raise its effective interest in the profits of OC-BVI to approximately 45%. Pursuant to a management services agreement, OC-BVI pays the Company monthly fees for certain engineering and administrative services. OC-BVI’s sole customer is the Ministry of Communications and Works of the Government of the British Virgin Islands (the “Ministry”) to which it sells bulk water.

The Company’s equity investment in OC-BVI amounted to $4,548,271 and $5,208,603 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Until 2009, substantially all of the water sold by OC-BVI to the Ministry was supplied by one desalination plant with a capacity of 1.7 million gallons per day located at Baughers Bay, Tortola (the “Baughers Bay plant”). As discussed later in this Note (see “Baughers Bay litigation”), the BVI government assumed the operating responsibilities for the Baughers Bay plant in March 2010. During 2007, OC-BVI completed the construction of a desalination plant with a capacity of 720,000 gallons per day located at Bar Bay, Tortola (the “Bar Bay plant”). OC-BVI began selling water to the Ministry from this plant in January 2009 and on March 4, 2010, OC-BVI and the BVI government executed a seven-year contract for the Bar Bay plant (the “Bar Bay agreement”). Under the terms of the Bar Bay agreement, OC-BVI delivers up to 600,000 gallons of water per day to the BVI government from the Bar Bay plant. The Bar Bay agreement includes a seven-year extension option exercisable by the BVI government and required OC-BVI to complete a storage reservoir on a BVI government site by no later than March 4, 2011. OC-BVI has not commenced construction of this storage reservoir due to the BVI government’s failure to pay (i) the full amount of invoices for the water provided by the Bar Bay plant on a timely basis; and (ii) the full amount ordered pursuant to a court ruling relating to the Baughers Bay litigation(see discussion that follows).

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Summarized financial information for OC-BVI is as follows:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current assets	$	4,323,792	$	2,547,542
Non-current assets		4,682,650		5,297,904
Total assets	$	9,006,442	$	7,845,446

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current liabilities	$	584,116	$	427,269
Non-current liabilities		1,650,252		1,393,200
Total liabilities	$	2,234,368	$	1,820,469

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenues	$	4,143,882		$	4,679,829		$	4,711,091
Cost of revenues		2,261,973			2,833,007			2,886,820
Gross profit		1,881,909			1,846,822			1,824,271
General and administrative expenses		958,364			940,072			957,743
Income from operations		923,545			906,750			866,528
Other income (expense), net (1)		(176,448	)		(188,751	)		1,411,932
Net income		747,097			717,999			2,278,460
Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		70,854			21,045			27,793
Net income attributable to controlling interests	$	676,243		$	696,954		$	2,250,667

(1) Other income (expense), net, includes $2,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013 in award amounts received under the Court ruling for the Baughers Bay litigation.

The Company recognized $294,369, $303,380 and $979,716 in earnings from its equity investment in OC-BVI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company recognized $105,300, $111,375 and $357,636 in profit sharing income from its profit sharing agreement with OC-BVI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. 

For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, the Company recognized $528,346, $747,340, and $784,626, respectively, in revenues from sales of consumable stock and its management services agreement with OC-BVI, which is included in services revenues in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. Amounts payable by OC-BVI to the Company were $23,803 and $33,707 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company’s remaining unamortized balance recorded for this management services agreement, which is reflected as an intangible asset on the consolidated balance sheet, was approximately $106,000 and $196,000 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively (see Note 10).

Baughers Bay Litigation

Under the terms of a water supply agreement dated May 1990 (the “1990 Agreement”) between OC-BVI and the Government of the British Islands (the “BVI Government”), upon the expiration of its initial seven-year term in May 1999, the 1990 Agreement would automatically be extended for another seven-year term unless the BVI government provided notice, at least eight months prior to such expiration, of its decision to purchase the plant from OC-BVI at the agreed upon amount under the 1990 Agreement of approximately $1.42 million. In correspondence between the parties from late 1998 through early 2000, the BVI government indicated that it intended to purchase the plant but would be amenable to negotiating a new water supply agreement, and that it considered the 1990 Agreement to be in force on a monthly basis until negotiations between the BVI government and OC-BVI were concluded. Occasional discussions were held between the parties since 2000 without resolution of the matter. OC-BVI continued to supply water from the plant and expended approximately $4.7 million between 1995 and 2003 to significantly expand the production capacity of the plant beyond that contemplated in the 1990 Agreement.

In 2006, the BVI government took the position that the seven-year extension of the 1990 Agreement had been completed and that it was entitled to ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. In response, OC-BVI disputed the BVI government’s contention that the original terms of the 1990 Agreement remained in effect.

During 2007, the BVI government significantly reduced the amount and frequency of its payments for the water being supplied by OC-BVI and filed a lawsuit with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (the “Court”) seeking ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. OC-BVI counterclaimed to the Court that it was entitled to continued possession and operation of the Baughers Bay plant until the BVI government paid OC-BVI approximately $4.7 million, which OC-BVI believed represented the value of the Baughers Bay plant at its expanded production capacity. OC-BVI subsequently filed claims with the Court seeking payment for water sold and delivered to the BVI government through May 31, 2009 at the contract prices in effect before the BVI government asserted its purported right of ownership of the plant.

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The Court ruled on this litigation in 2009, determining that (i) the BVI government was entitled to immediate ownership and possession of the Baughers Bay plant and dismissed OC-BVI’s claim for compensation of approximately $4.7 million for the expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the plant; (ii) OC-BVI was entitled to full payment of water invoices issued up to December 20, 2007, which had been calculated under the terms of the original 1990 Agreement; and (iii) OC-BVI was entitled to the amount of $10.4 million for water produced by OC-BVI from the Baughers Bay plant subsequent to December 20, 2007. The BVI government made a payment of $2.0 million to OC-BVI under the Court order during the fourth quarter of 2009, a second payment of $2.0 million under the Court order during 2010 and a third payment under the Court order of $1.0 million in 2011.

OC-BVI filed an appeal with the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals (the “Appellate Court”) in October 2009 asking the Appellate Court to review the September 17, 2009 ruling by the Court as it related to OC-BVI’s claim for compensation for expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the Baughers Bay plant. In October 2009, the BVI government also filed an appeal with the Appellate Court requesting the Appellate Court to reduce the $10.4 million awarded by the Court to OC-BVI for water supplied subsequent to December 20, 2007 to an amount equal to the cost of producing such water.

In March 2010, OC-BVI vacated the Baughers Bay plant and the BVI government assumed direct responsibility for the plant’s operations.

In June 2012, the Appellate Court issued the final ruling with respect to the Baughers Bay litigation. This ruling dismissed the BVI government’s appeal against the previous judgment of the Court awarding $10.4 million for the water supplied, and also awarded OC-BVI compensation for improvements made to the plant in the amount equal to the difference between (i) the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date OC-BVI transferred possession of the plant to the BVI government and (ii) $1.42 million (the purchase price for the Baughers Bay plant under the 1990 Agreement). OC-BVI was also awarded all of its court costs at the trial level and two-thirds of such costs incurred on appeal. Prior to the final ruling, the BVI government had paid only $5.0 of the original $10.4 million, and the remaining $5.4 million amount due had increased to approximately $6.7 million by the fourth quarter of 2012 due to the court costs awarded by the Appellate Court and the accrued interest due on the aggregate unpaid balance. The BVI government paid OC-BVI $4.7 million of this amount during the fourth quarter of 2012 and the remaining $2.0 million in January 2013. These amounts paid by the BVI government were recognized in OC-BVI’s earnings in the periods in which they were received. To date, OC-BVI and the BVI government have not reached an agreement on the value of the plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government. However, during the first quarter of 2015, OC-BVI and the BVI government appointed a mutually approved appraiser to complete a valuation of the Baughers Bay plant in accordance with the Appellate Court ruling, and such valuation is presently in process.

Valuation of Investment in OC-BVI

The Company accounts for its investment in OC-BVI under the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock. This method requires recognition of a loss on an equity investment that is other than temporary, and indicates that a current fair value of an equity investment that is less than its carrying amount may indicate a loss in the value of the investment.

As a quoted market price for OC-BVI’s stock is not available, to test for possible impairment of its investment in OC-BVI, the Company estimates its fair value through the use of the discounted cash flow method, which relies upon projections of OC-BVI’s operating results, working capital and capital expenditures. The use of this method requires the Company to estimate OC-BVI’s cash flows from (i) the Bar Bay agreement and (ii) the pending amount awarded by the Appellate Court for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

The Company estimates the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from its Bar Bay agreement by (i) identifying various possible future scenarios for this agreement, which include the cancellation of the agreement after its initial seven-year term, and the exercise by the BVI government of the seven-year extension in the agreement; (ii) estimating the cash flows associated with each possible scenario; and (iii) assigning a probability to each scenario. The Company similarly estimates the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from the BVI government for the amount due under the ruling by the Appellate Court for the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government by assigning probabilities to different valuation scenarios. The resulting probability-weighted sum represents the expected cash flows, and the Company’s best estimate of future cash flows, to be derived by OC-BVI from its Bar Bay agreement and the pending Appellate Court award.

The identification of the possible scenarios for the Bar Bay plant agreement and the Baughers Bay plant valuation, the projections of cash flows for each scenario, and the assignment of relative probabilities to each scenario all represent significant estimates made by the Company. While the Company uses its best judgment in identifying these possible scenarios, estimating the expected cash flows for these scenarios and assigning relative probabilities to each scenario, these estimates are by their nature highly subjective and are also subject to material change by the Company’s management over time based upon new information or changes in circumstances.

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As of December 31, 2014, the Company determined that the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded an impairment charge of $860,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014.

As of March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, after updating its probability-weighted estimates of OC-BVI’s future cash flows and its resulting estimate of the fair value of its investment in OC-BVI, the Company determined that the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded impairment losses on this investment of $310,000, $275,000, $225,000 and $250,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, respectively. The resulting carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI of approximately $4.5 million as of December 31, 2015 assumes that the BVI government will honor its obligations under the Bar Bay agreement and also assumes (on a probability-weighted basis) that (i) the BVI government will exercise its option to extend the Bar Bay agreement for seven years beyond its initial term, which expires March 4, 2017, and (ii) OC-BVI will receive the pending amount (as estimated by the Company) awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

The $4.5 million carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI as of December 31, 2015 exceeds the Company’s underlying equity in OC-BVI’s net assets by approximately $900,000. The Company accounts for this excess as goodwill. The BVI government is OC-BVI’s sole customer and substantially all of OC-BVI’s revenues are generated from its Bar Bay plant. As the Bar Bay agreement matures to its March 4, 2017 expiration date, and OC-BVI receives the pending court award amount assumed due for the value of the Baughers Bay plant, OC-BVI’s expected future cash flows, and therefore its fair value computed under the discounted cash flow method, will decrease. Unless OC-BVI obtains an extension or modification of its Bar Bay agreement that results in a significant increase in the estimated future cash flows from its Bar Bay plant, the Company will be required to record impairment losses during 2016 to reduce the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI to its then current fair value. These impairment losses will, in the aggregate, at least equal the underlying $900,000 in goodwill reflected in the carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI. The losses the Company records for its investment in OC-BVI in the future will exceed this $900,000 if OC-BVI ultimately ceases operations at its Bar Bay plant, as OC-BVI will be required to record an impairment loss to reduce the carrying value of its Bar Bay plant to its then estimated fair value. OC-BVI’s aggregate carrying value of the assets that comprise its Bar Bay plant was approximately $4.4 million as of December 31, 2015. Future impairment losses for the Company’s investment in OC-BVI and the Company’s equity in any future operating losses incurred by OC-BVI could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

9. N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V.

In May 2010, the Company acquired, through its wholly-owned Netherlands subsidiary, CW-Cooperatief, a 50% interest in NSC, a development stage Mexican company. The Company has since purchased, through the conversion of a loan it made to NSC, sufficient shares to raise its ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. NSC was formed to pursue a project (the “Project”) that originally encompassed the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and accompanying pipelines to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system. As discussed in paragraphs that follow, during 2015 the scope of the Project was defined by the State of Baja, California to consist of a first phase consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and a pipeline that connects only to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase consisting of an additional 50 million gallons of production capacity.

Since its inception NSC has engaged engineering groups with extensive regional and/or technical experience to prepare preliminary designs and cost estimates for the desalination plant and the proposed pipeline and prepare the environmental impact studies for local, state and federal regulatory agencies, and has also acquired the land, performed pilot plant and feed water source testing, and evaluated financing alternatives for the Project.

NSC entered into a purchase contract for 8.1 hectares of land on which the proposed plant would be constructed and in 2012 obtained an extension of this purchase contract through May 15, 2014 in exchange for prepayments of (i) $500,000 paid at signing of the extension and (ii) a further $500,000 paid in May 2013. NSC paid $7.4 million in May 2014 to complete this land purchase. In 2013, NSC purchased an additional 12 hectares of land for the project for $12 million, of which $2 million was paid. NSC paid the remaining $10 million balance for this land purchase on May 15, 2014.

In 2012 and 2013, NSC conducted an equipment piloting plant and water data collection program at the proposed feed water source for the Project under a Memorandum of Understanding (the “EPC MOU”) with a global engineering, procurement and construction contractor for large seawater desalination plants. Under the EPC MOU, the contractor installed and operated an equipment piloting plant and collected water quality data from the proposed feed water source site in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. The EPC MOU required that NSC negotiate exclusively with the contractor for the construction of the 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant, and further required payment by NSC to the contractor of up to $500,000 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the equipment piloting plant should NSC not award the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Project to the contractor. This first phase of the pilot plant testing program was completed in October 2013. NSC decided not to extend the EPC MOU beyond its February 2014 expiration date and NSC paid the contractor $350,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the pilot plant.

Based upon the original scope of the Project, NSC signed a letter of intent with Otay Water District in Southern California in November 2012 to deliver no less than 20 million and up to 40 million gallons of water per day from the Project’s plant to the Otay Water District at the border between Mexico and the U.S. On November 25, 2013, Otay Water District submitted an application to the Department of State of the United States of America for a Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, connection, operation and importation of desalinated seawater at the international boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County, California. The Company understands that this application is currently being reviewed by the relevant authorities. However, in discussions held in 2015, Mexican federal and state water regulators have indicated to the Company that it is not likely that water produced by the Project would be approved by such regulators for direct sale by NSC to U.S. customers such as the Otay Water District. Instead any additional water ultimately provided to the United States as either a direct or indirect result of the Project would be arranged through third party agreements with Mexican governmental agencies and delivered by the means such agencies deem appropriate, which may or may not include a pipeline from the Project’s plant to the U.S. border.

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In November 2012, NSC entered into a lease with an effective term of 20-years from the date of full operation of the desalination plant, with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad for approximately 5,000 square meters of land on which it plans to construct the water intake and discharge works for the plant. The amounts due on this lease are payable in Mexican pesos at an amount that is currently equivalent to approximately $20,000 per month. This lease is cancellable should NSC ultimately not proceed with the Project. 

In August 2014, the State of Baja California enacted new legislation to regulate Public-Private Association projects which involve the type of long-term contract between a public sector authority and a private party that NSC is seeking to complete the Project. Pursuant to this new legislation, on January 4, 2015, NSC submitted an expression of interest for its project to the Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development of the State of Baja California (“SIDUE”). On January 23, 2015, SIDUE accepted NSC’s expression of interest and requested that NSC submit a detailed proposal for the Project that complies with requirements of the new legislation. NSC submitted this detailed proposal (the “APP Proposal”) to SIDUE in late March 2015. The new legislation requires that such proposal be evaluated by SIDUE and submitted to the Public-Private Association Projects State Committee (the “APP Committee”) for review and authorization. If the Project is authorized the State of Baja California (the “State”) is required to conduct a public tender for the Project.

In response to its APP Proposal, in September 2015 NSC received a letter dated June 30, 2015 from the Director General of the Comisión Estatal de Agua de Baja California (“CEA”), the State agency with responsibility for the Project. In this letter, CEA stated that (i) in its opinion, the Project is in the public interest with high social benefits and is consistent with the objectives of the State Development Plan and (ii) that the Project should proceed and the required public tender should be conducted. On November 6, 2015, the State officially commenced the tender for the Project, the scope of which the State has defined as a first phase to be operational in 2019 consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and a pipeline that connects to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase to be operational in 2024 consisting of an additional 50 million gallons per day of production capacity. The State has set March 23, 2016 as the tender submission date. The State tendering process requires that prospective bidders provide certain legal, technical and financial qualifications in order to obtain the tender documents. NSC provided its qualifications, was deemed qualified by the State and obtained the tender documents, and plans to submit its tender on or before the March 23, 2016 deadline.

The Company has acknowledged since the inception of the Project that, due to the amount of capital the Project requires, NSC will ultimately need an equity partner or partners for the Project. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company concluded that its chances of successfully completing the Project under the new Public-Private Association legislation would be greatly enhanced through the addition of an equity partner for NSC with substantial financial resources and a history of successful capital project investments in Mexico. In March 2015, NSC entered into a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with such a potential partner. Pursuant to the LOI, (i) NSC agreed to sell the land and other Project assets to a new company (“Newco”) that would build and own the Project; (ii) NSC’s potential partner would provide the majority of the equity for the Project and thereby would own the majority interest in Newco; (iii) NSC would maintain a minority ownership position in Newco; and (iv) Newco would enter into a long-term management and technical services contract with NSC for the Project. The LOI is no longer valid, as its terms were applicable if and only if NSC and its potential partner were awarded the Project by early March 2016. However, the Company expects NSC’s tender submitted to the State will be based upon an agreement with one or more equity partners on terms similar to those set forth in the LOI.

Included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations are general and administrative expenses from NSC, consisting of organizational, legal, accounting, engineering, consulting and other costs relating to NSC’s project development activities. Such expenses amounted to $2.2 million, $3.7 million, and $3.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The assets and liabilities of NSC included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets amounted to approximately $22.0 million and $488,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2015 and approximately $22.0 million and $214,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

The Company expects to incur additional project development costs on behalf of NSC during 2016.

Despite the expenditures the Company has made and the activities it has completed to date, upon completion of the tender process the State may award the Project to a party other than NSC, or the State may cancel the tender process. If NSC is not awarded the Project, the land NSC has purchased may lose its strategic importance as the site for the Project and consequently may decline in value. If NSC is not awarded the Project NSC may ultimately be unable to sell this land for amount equal to or in excess of its current carrying value of $20.6 million, and any loss on sale of the land, or impairment charge the Company may be required to record as a result of a decrease in the fair value of the land, could have a material adverse impact on its results of operations.

NSC Litigation

Immediately following CW-Cooperatief’s acquisition of its initial 50% ownership in NSC, the remaining 50% ownership interest in NSC was held by an unrelated company, Norte Sur Agua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NSA”). NSA subsequently transferred ownership of half of its shares in NSC to EWG Water LLC and the other half of its shares in NSC to an individual (the “individual shareholder”). In February 2012, the Company paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option Agreement”) that provided it with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of NSC owned by the individual shareholder, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. Such shares constituted 25% of the ownership of NSC as of February 2012. In May 2013, NSC repaid a $5.7 million loan payable to CW-Cooperatief by issuing additional shares of its stock. As a result of this share issuance to CW-Cooperatief, the Company acquired 99.9% of the ownership of NSC. The Option Agreement contained an anti-dilution provision that required the Company to issue new shares in NSC of an amount sufficient to maintain the individual shareholder’s 25% ownership interest in NSC if (i) any new shares of NSC were issued subsequent to the execution of the Option Agreement and (ii) the Company did not exercise its share purchase option by February 7, 2014. The Company exercised its option and paid the $1.0 million to the individual shareholder to purchase the Option Agreement shares in February 2014.

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In October 2015, the Company learned that EWG has filed a lawsuit against the individual shareholder, NSC, NSA, CW-Cooperatief, Ricardo del Monte Nunez, Carlos Eduardo Ahumada Arruit, Luis de Angitia Becerra, and the Public Registry of Commerce of Tijuana, Baja California in the Civil Court located in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. However, as of the date of the filing of this report, neither NSC nor CW-Cooperatief has been served with formal process for this lawsuit.

In this lawsuit, EWG is challenging the capital investment transactions that increased the Company’s ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. EWG requested that the court, as a preliminary matter: (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records; and (c) appoint an inspector for NSA and NSC to oversee its commercial activities. The court granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG.

Additionally, EWG is also seeking an order directing: (i) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief to refrain from carrying out any transactions with respect to the Project; and (ii) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and the partners thereof, to refrain from transferring any interests in NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief. The court has not yet ruled on these requests.

The Company believes that the claims made by EWG are baseless and without merit, and will vigorously defend NSC and CW-Cooperatief in this litigation, and will seek dismissal of the orders entered by the court and all claims against NSC and CW-Cooperatief. Furthermore, on November 19, 2015, NSC and CW-Cooperatief filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against EWG and its Managing Partner, based upon the Company’s conclusion that lawsuit filed by EWG in Mexico directly breaches a contract dated April 12, 2012 between NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and EWG. The Company is vigorously pursuing its claims and seeking relief pursuant to this complaint.

The Company cannot presently determine the outcome of this litigation. However, such litigation could adversely impact the Company’s efforts to complete the Project.

Mexico tax authority

The Mexico tax authority, the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (“SAT”), assessed NSC for taxes relating to payments to foreign vendors on which the SAT contended should have been subject to income tax withholdings during NSC’s 2011 tax year. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the assessment and related penalties, surcharges, inflation adjustments and late fees totaled 7,367,875 Mexican pesos, respectively. Such assessments were equivalent to approximately $428,203 and $456,083 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, based upon the exchange rate between the US$ and the Mexican peso as of those dates.

NSC retained the assistance of Mexican tax advisers in this matter, as it believed the assumptions and related work performed by the SAT did not support their tax assessment. As a result, NSC elected to contest this assessment in Mexico federal tax court. NSC was required to provide an irrevocable letter of credit which amounted to 7,367,875 Mexican pesos as of December 31, 2015 as collateral in connection with this tax case. The restricted cash balances of $428,203 and $456,083 included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, represents cash on deposit with a bank to secure payment of this irrevocable letter of credit.

In November 2014, NSC received a favorable judgment from the tax court. Based on this outcome, the SAT filed an appeal shortly thereafter to contest the judgment. On February 15, 2016, NSC received a favorable judgment from the appellate tax court.

10. Intangible assets

In 2003, as part of the acquisition of a group of companies, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding voting common shares of DesalCo, which had an agreement to provide management and engineering services to OC-BVI. The Company attributed $856,356 of the purchase price of the acquisition to the value of this management services agreement, which has no expiration term. Initially the Company determined that this intangible asset had an indefinite life and therefore it was not amortized. However in 2010, as a result of the loss by OC-BVI of its Baughers Bay contract (see Note 8), the Company began amortizing this asset over the life of OC-BVI’s remaining seven-year water supply contract for its Bar Bay plant.

The carrying amount of the Belize Water Production and Supply Agreement is being amortized over the 23-year term of the agreement that expires in March 2026. 

In February 2012, the Company paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option agreement”) that provided it with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of one of the other shareholders of NSC, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. This $300,000 payment was capitalized and amortized over the option period.

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	December 31,
	2015			2014
Cost
Intangible asset management service agreement	$	856,356		$	856,356
Belize water production and supply agreement		1,522,419			1,522,419
Option agreement		-			300,000
		2,378,775			2,678,775
Accumulated amortization
Intangible asset management service agreement		(750,697	)		(660,800	)
Belize water production and supply agreement		(856,267	)		(790,075	)
Option agreement		-			(300,000	)
		(1,606,964	)		(1,750,875	)
Intangible assets, net	$	771,811		$	927,900

Amortization of intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is expected to be as follows:

2016	$	156,757
2017		81,286
2018		66,192
2019		66,192
2020		66,192
Thereafter		335,192
	$	771,811

Amortization expense was $156,089, $168,588, and $358,527 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

11. Dividends

Interim dividends declared on Class A common stock and redeemable preferred stock for each quarter of the respective years ended December 31 were as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
First Quarter	$	0.075	$	0.075	$	0.075
Second Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Third Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Fourth Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30

12. Long term debt

Long term debt consists of the following:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Demand loan payable with an original balance of $10.0 million, payable in quarterly installments of $500,000 with the remaining principal balance due on May 14, 2016 if not called by the lender; bearing interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%.	$	7,000,000	$	9,000,000
Total debt		7,000,000		9,000,000
Less current portion		7,000,000		9,000,000
Long term debt, excluding current portion	$	-	$	-

Substantially all of the Company assets owned by its Cayman Island subsidiaries are pledged as collateral for the $10.0 million demand loan payable. 

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13. Share capital and additional paid-in capital

Shares of redeemable preferred stock (“preferred shares”) are issued under the Company’s Employee Share Incentive Plan (see Note 18) and carry the same voting and dividend rights as shares of common stock (“common shares”). Preferred shares vest over four years and convert to common stock on a share for share basis on the fourth anniversary of each grant date. Preferred shares are only redeemable with the Company’s agreement. Upon liquidation, preferred shares rank in preference to the common shares to the extent of the par value of the preferred shares and any related additional paid in capital.

The Company is a party to an Option Deed dated August 6, 1997, and amended on August 8, 2005, September 27, 2005 and May 30, 2007 (as amended, the “Option Deed”), designed to deter coercive takeover tactics. Pursuant to the Option Deed, the Company granted to the holders of its common shares and redeemable preferred shares options (the “Options”) to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Class 'B' common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $100.00 per one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, subject to adjustment. The Options are attached to and trade with the Company’s common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and no separate certificates representing the Options have been distributed. The Options will separate from the Company’s common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and certificates representing the Options will be issued, upon the earlier of the date (such date, the “Distribution Date”) that is (i) ten business days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding common shares, or (ii) ten business days following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person.

The Options are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the close of business on July 31, 2017, unless that date is extended or the Options are earlier redeemed by us. Additionally, following the Distribution Date, all Options that are, or in certain circumstances were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person will be null and void.

For a period of ten business days following the date that any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becomes an Acquiring Person, the Company will have the right to redeem the Options at a price of CI$0.01 per Option. If the Options are not redeemed, then following such ten business day period each holder of an Option will have the right to receive on exercise, in lieu of one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, common shares of the Company (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities) having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Option. For example, at an exercise price of $100.00 per Option, each Option not owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becoming an Acquiring Person would entitle its holder to purchase $200.00 worth of the Company’s common shares for $100.00. Assuming that the common shares had a per share value of $20.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 10 common shares for $100.00.

Any of the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by the Board of Directors in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Options (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person), or to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Option Deed.

14. Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cost of revenues consist of:
Electricity	$	10,675,287	$	14,631,638	$	13,634,617
Depreciation		5,270,454		5,077,293		4,822,967
Fuel oil		4,974,421		8,726,195		10,106,409
Employee costs		4,669,445		4,630,609		4,422,093
Cost of plant sales		878,396		1,470,045		-
Maintenance		3,429,736		3,131,947		2,332,893
Retail license royalties		1,427,073		1,405,067		1,357,988
Insurance		1,187,097		1,397,799		1,499,201
Other		1,677,735		1,972,987		2,140,084
	$	34,189,644	$	42,443,580	$	40,316,252
General and administrative expenses consist of:
Employee costs	$	6,459,612	$	6,314,908	$	6,218,948
Insurance		802,386		923,089		969,370
Professional fees		941,193		1,424,927		1,005,495
Directors’ fees and expenses		754,145		686,228		752,044
Depreciation		218,032		278,478		290,622
NSC project expenses		2,168,408		3,702,332		3,158,309
Other		3,114,718		3,324,477		3,449,515
	$	14,458,494	$	16,654,439	$	15,844,303

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15. Earnings per share

Earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed on a basic and diluted basis. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (less preferred stock dividends) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common shares for all potential common shares outstanding during the reporting period and, if dilutive, the effect of stock options as computed under the treasury stock method.

The following summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted EPS:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$	7,518,701		$	6,265,358		$	8,594,519
Less: preferred stock dividends		(12,028	)		(11,485	)		(11,222	)
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share	$	7,506,673		$	6,253,873		$	8,583,297
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,741,748			14,697,896			14,633,884
Plus:
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period		38,612			37,924			34,827
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants		47,395			28,503			35,169
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,827,755			14,764,323			14,703,880

16. Segment information

The Company has three reportable segments: retail, bulk and services. The retail segment primarily operates the water utility for the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman Island pursuant to an exclusive license granted by the Cayman Islands government. The bulk segment supplies potable water to government utilities in Grand Cayman, The Bahamas and Belize under long-term contracts. The services segment designs, constructs and sells desalination plants to third parties and provides desalination plant management and operating services to affiliated companies. Consistent with prior periods, the Company records all non-direct general and administrative expenses in its retail business segment and does not allocate any of these non-direct costs to its other two business segments.

The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described in Note 2. The Company evaluates each segment’s performance based upon its income from operations. All intercompany transactions are eliminated for segment presentation purposes.

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.

	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services			Total
Revenues	$	23,254,757	$	31,854,255	$	2,007,190		$	57,116,202
Cost of revenues		10,925,634		21,634,789		1,629,221			34,189,644
Gross profit (loss)		12,329,123		10,219,466		377,969			22,926,558
General and administrative expenses		10,713,687		1,605,943		2,138,864			14,458,494
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,615,436	$	8,613,523	$	(1,760,895	)		8,468,064
Other income (expense), net									(542,570	)
Net income									7,925,494
Income attributable to non-controlling interests									406,793
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders								$	7,518,701

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,344,315, $3,389,717 and $102,901, respectively. 

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	As of December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,261,141	$	6,231,626	$	1,036,249	$	9,529,016
Property plant and equipment, net	$	25,204,226	$	28,421,906	$	117,038	$	53,743,170
Construction in progress	$	1,860,050	$	68,560	$	-	$	1,928,610
Goodwill	$	1,170,511	$	2,328,526	$	-	$	3,499,037
Land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	20,558,424	$	20,558,424
Total assets	$	54,603,249	$	83,284,439	$	23,729,010	$	161,616,698

	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services			Total
Revenues	$	24,104,932	$	39,201,011	$	2,253,135		$	65,559,078
Cost of revenues		11,944,071		27,919,249		2,580,260			42,443,580
Gross profit (loss)		12,160,861		11,281,762		(327,125	)		23,115,498
General and administrative expenses		11,183,731		1,605,499		3,865,209			16,654,439
Income (loss) from operations	$	977,130	$	9,676,263	$	(4,192,334	)		6,461,059
Other income, net									303,481
Net income									6,764,540
Income attributable to non-controlling interests									499,182
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders								$	6,265,358

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,404,404, $3,196,912 and $102,396, respectively.

	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	$	51,319,117	$	85,063,571	$	24,077,143	$	160,459,831

	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Retail		Bulk		Services			Total
Revenues	$	23,018,498	$	39,960,220	$	843,413		$	63,822,131
Cost of revenues		10,956,904		28,279,088		1,080,260			40,316,252
Gross profit (loss)		12,061,594		11,681,132		(236,847	)		23,505,879
General and administrative expenses		10,812,877		1,643,869		3,387,557			15,844,303
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,248,717	$	10,037,263	$	(3,624,404	)		7,661,576
Other income, net									1,486,913
Net income									9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests									553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders								$	8,594,519

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,077,903, $3,281,231 and $292,335, respectively.

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Revenues earned by major geographic region were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cayman Islands	$	32,735,215	$	35,040,803	$	31,164,165
Bahamas		21,062,081		26,702,605		29,192,529
Indonesia		368,012		471,919		144,030
Belize		2,422,547		2,596,410		2,536,780
Revenues earned from management services agreement with OC-BVI		528,347		747,341		784,627
	$	57,116,202	$	65,559,078	$	63,822,131

Revenues earned from major customers were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenues earned from the Water and Sewerage Corporation ("WSC")	$	20,770,347		$	26,376,520		$	28,861,195
Percentage of total revenues from the WSC		36	%		40	%		45	%
Revenues earned from the Water Authority - Cayman ("WAC")	$	8,369,627		$	9,901,996		$	8,230,912
Percentage of total revenues from the WAC		15	%		15	%		13	%

Property, plant and equipment, net by major geographic region were:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cayman Island operations	$	22,518,524	$	23,681,420
Bahamas operations		27,441,376		28,208,145
Belize operations		920,149		1,025,970
Indonesia operations		2,665,312		3,245,846
All other country operations		197,809		235,607
	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988

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17. Commitments and contingencies

Commitments

As of December 31, 2015, the Company held operating leases for land, office space, warehouse space, and equipment. In addition to minimum lease payments, certain leases provide for payment of real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance, and certain other expenses. Lease terms may include escalating rent provisions and rent incentives. Minimum lease payments and rent incentives are expensed using a straight line method over the non-cancellable lease term, which expire at various dates through the year 2035.

The short-term and long-term components of deferred rent assets are included within prepaid expenses and other current assets, and other assets, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.

Future minimum lease payments under these non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

2016	$	717,874
2017		740,778
2018		753,303
2019		590,130
2020		490,244
Thereafter		3,160,724
	$	6,453,053

Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $821,845, $812,658, and $822,159, respectively, and is included within general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain executives, which expire through December 31, 2018 and provide for, among other things, base annual salaries in an aggregate amount of approximately $2.1 million, performance bonuses and various employee benefits.

The Company has purchase obligations totaling approximately $1.2 million through December 31, 2018.

Retail License 

The Company sells water through its retail operations under a license issued in July 1990 by the Cayman Islands government that grants Cayman Water the exclusive right to provide potable water to customers within its licensed service area. As discussed below, this license was set to expire in July 2010 but has since been extended while negotiations for a new license take place. Pursuant to the license, Cayman Water has the exclusive right to produce potable water and distribute it by pipeline to its licensed service area which consists of two of the three most populated areas of Grand Cayman, the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company generated approximately 40%, 36% and 36%, respectively, of its consolidated revenues and 55% 53% and 52%, respectively, of its consolidated gross profits from the retail water operations conducted pursuant to Cayman Water’s exclusive license. As discussed later herein, if Cayman Water is not in default of any of its terms, this license provides Cayman Water with the right to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those that the government offers to any third party.

The license was scheduled to expire in July 2010 but has been extended several times by the Cayman Islands government in order to provide the parties with additional time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent extension of the license scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015; however, the Company has been informed by the WAC that its license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process.

In February 2011, the Water (Production and Supply) Law, 2011 and the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2011 (the “New Laws”) were published and enacted. Under the New Laws, the WAC will issue any new license, and such new license could include a rate of return on invested capital model, as discussed in the following paragraph.

Following the enactment of the New Laws, the Company was advised in correspondence from the Cayman Islands government and the WAC that: (i) the WAC is now the principal negotiator, and not the Cayman Islands government, in these license negotiations, and (ii) the WAC has determined that a rate of return on invested capital model (“RCAM”) for the retail license is in the best interest of the public and Cayman Water’s customers. RCAM is the rate model currently utilized in the electricity transmission and distribution license granted by the Cayman Islands government to the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. The Company responded to the Cayman Islands government that it disagreed with the government’s position on these two matters and negotiations for a new license temporarily ceased.

In July 2012, in an effort to resolve several issues relating to its retail license renewal negotiations, the Company filed an Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (the “Application”) with the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”), seeking declarations that: (i) certain provisions of the New Laws appear to be incompatible and a determination as to how those provisions should be interpreted, (ii) the WAC’s roles as the principal license negotiator, statutory regulator and the Company’s competitor put the WAC in a position of hopeless conflict, and (iii) the WAC’s decision to replace the rate structure under the Company’s current exclusive license with RCAM was predetermined and unreasonable. In October 2012 the Company was notified that the Court agreed to consider the issues raised in the Application.

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The hearing for this judicial review was held on April 1, 2014. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties agreed that the Court should solely be concerned with the interpretation of the statutory provisions. As part of this agreement, the WAC agreed to consider our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing. In June 2014, the Court determined that: (i) the renewal of the license does not require a public bidding process; and (ii) the WAC is the proper entity to negotiate with the Company for the renewal of the license.

The Company’s submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing were made to the WAC on June 9, 2014. The Company received a letter from the WAC dated September 11, 2014, which fully rejected the Company’s submissions and stated that they intend to provide the Company with a draft RCAM license in due course.

On November 21, 2014, the Company wrote to the Minister of Works offering to recommence license negotiations on the basis of the RCAM model subject to certain conditions which are: (i) the Government would undertake to amend the current water legislation to provide for an independent regulator and a fair and balanced regulatory regime more consistent with that provided under the electrical utility regulatory regime, (ii) the Government and the Company would mutually appoint an independent referee and chairman of the negotiations, (iii) the Company’s new license would provide exclusivity for the production and provision of all piped water, both potable and non-potable, within its Cayman Islands license area, (iv) the Government would allow the Company to submit its counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, and (v) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under a new license. On March 23 2015, the Company received a letter from the Minister of Works with the following responses to the Company’s November 21, 2014 letter: (1) while the Cayman government plans to create a new public utilities commission, the provision of the new retail license will not depend upon the formation of such a commission; (2) any consideration regarding inclusion of the exclusive right to sell non-potable water within the area covered by the retail license will not take place until after the draft license has proceeded through the review process of the negotiations; (3) rather than allow the Company to submit its counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, the WAC will draft the license with the understanding that the Company will be allowed to propose amendments thereto; (4) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under the new license; and (5) a request that the Company consider eliminating its monthly minimum volume charge in the new license.

The Company recommenced license negotiations with the WAC during the third quarter of 2015 based upon a draft RCAM license provided by the WAC. Such license negotiations remain on-going. The Company is presently unable to determine when such negotiations will be completed or the final outcome of such negotiations.

The Cayman Islands government could ultimately offer a third party a license to service some or all of Cayman Water’s present service area. However, as set forth in the existing license, “the Governor hereby agrees that upon the expiry of the term of this Licence or any extension thereof, he will not grant a licence or franchise to any other person or company for the processing, distribution, sale and supply of water within the Licence Area without having first offered such a licence or franchise to the Company on terms no less favourable than the terms offered to such other person or company.” 

The resolution of these license negotiations could result in a material reduction of the operating income and cash flows the Company has historically generated from its retail license and could require the Company to record an impairment charge to reduce the $3,499,037 carrying value of its goodwill. Such impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

The Company is presently unable to determine what impact the resolution of this matter will have on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

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CW-Belize

By Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published an order, the Public Utility Provider Class Declaration Order, 2009 (the “Order”), which as of May 1, 2009 designated CW-Belize as a public utility provider under the laws of Belize. With this designation, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (the “PUC”) has the authority to set the rates charged by CW-Belize and to otherwise regulate its activities. On November 1, 2010, CW-Belize received a formal complaint from the PUC alleging that CW-Belize was operating without a license under the terms of the Water Industry Act. CW-Belize applied for this license in December 2010. On July 29, 2011, the PUC issued the San Pedro Public Water Supply Quality and Security Complaint Order (the “Second Order”) which among other things requires that (i) CW-Belize and its customer jointly make a submission to the responsible Minister requesting that the area surrounding CW-Belize’s seawater abstraction wells be designated a forest reserve or national park and be designated a Controlled Area under section 58 of the Water Industry Act, (ii) CW-Belize submit an operations manual for CW-Belize’s desalination plant to the PUC for approval, (iii) CW-Belize and its customer modify the water supply agreement between the parties to (a) include new water quality parameters included in the Order and (b) cap the current exclusive water supply arrangement in the agreement at a maximum of 450,000 gallons per day, (iv) CW-Belize keep a minimum number of replacement seawater RO membranes in stock at all times and (v) CW-Belize take possession of and reimburse the PUC for certain equipment which the PUC purchased from a third-party in late 2010. CW-Belize has applied for declaratory judgment and has been granted a temporary injunction to stay the enforcement of the Second Order by the PUC until such time as the Belize courts could hear the matter. The initial hearing on this matter was conducted on October 30 and 31, 2012 with an additional hearing on November 29, 2012. The ruling on this case is pending. The Company is presently unable to determine what impact the Order and the Second Order will have on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

Windsor Plant Water Supply Agreement

CW-Bahamas provides bulk water to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”), which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the Island of New Providence. Pursuant to a water supply agreement, CW-Bahamas was required to provide the WSC with at least 16.8 million gallons per week of potable water from the Windsor plant. This water supply agreement was scheduled to expire when CW-Bahamas delivered the total amount of water required under the agreement in July 2013, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis. At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to:

i. extend the agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated;

ii. exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated with CW-Bahamas; or

iii. require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

At the request of the government of The Bahamas, CW-Bahamas continues to operate and maintain the Windsor plant on a month-to-month basis to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not it will extend CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreement for the Windsor plant on a long-term basis. CW-Bahamas generated revenues from the operation of this plant of approximately $5.8 million, $6.2 million and $7.2 million during years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

CW-Bali

Through its subsidiary CW-Bali, the Company has built and presently operates a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. The Company built this plant based upon its belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable CW-Bali to sell all of this plant’s production. The current sales volumes for this plant are not sufficient to cover its operating costs, and CW- Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000), ($458,000) and ($438,000) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million.

In 2015, the Indonesian government passed Regulation 121 which provides a mechanism for governmental regulatory oversight over the utilization of Indonesia’s water resources. Under this new regulation, the approval or cooperation of the local government water utility is required for any water supply contracts executed by non-governmental providers after the effective date of the regulation. Consequently CW-Bali will be required to enter into a cooperation agreement with Bali’s local government water utility, PDAM, or otherwise obtain PDAM’s approval, to supply any new customers.

The Company is presently seeking a strategic partner to (i) purchase a major portion of its equity ownership in CW-Bali; (ii) lead CW-Bali’s sales and marketing efforts and liaise with PDAM; and (iii) assist with CW-Bali’s on-going funding requirements. The Company also plans to market the available productive capacity of CW-Bali’s Nusa Dua plant to PDAM. If the Company is not able to obtain a strategic partner for CW-Bali, sell water to PDAM or other new customers, or otherwise significantly increase the revenues generated by its Nusa Dua plant in the future, the Company will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of CW-Bali’s plant assets to their fair value. Such an impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

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Other Contingencies

As part of the acquisition of the Company’s interests in OC-Cayman, with the approval of Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd., the Company has guaranteed the performance of OC-Cayman to the Cayman Islands government, pursuant to the water supply contract with the WAC dated April 25, 1994, as amended. 

CW-Bahamas’ contract to supply water to the WSC from its Blue Hills plant requires CW-Bahamas to guarantee delivery of a minimum quantity of water per week. If CW-Bahamas does not meet this minimum, it will be required to pay the WSC for the difference between the minimum and actual gallons delivered at a per gallon rate equal to the price per gallon that WSC is currently paying under the contract. The Blue Hills contract expires in 2032 and requires CW-Bahamas to deliver 63.0 million gallons of water each week.

18. Stock-based compensation

The Company has the following stock compensation plans that form part of its employees’ remuneration:

Employee Share Incentive Plan (Preferred Shares)

The Company awards shares of its preferred stock for $nil consideration under its Employee Share Incentive Plan to eligible employees, other than Directors and Officers, after four consecutive years of employment. If these employees remain with the Company for an additional four consecutive years, they can convert these preferred shares into shares of common stock on a one for one basis. In addition, at the time the preferred shares are granted, the employees receive options to purchase an equal number of shares of preferred stock at a discount to the average trading price of the Company’s common stock for the first seven days of the October immediately preceding the date of the preferred stock grant. If these options are exercised, the shares of preferred stock obtained may also be converted to shares of common stock if the employee remains with the Company for an additional four consecutive years. Each employee’s option to purchase shares of preferred stock must be exercised within 30 days of the grant date, which is the 90th day after the date of the independent registered public accountants firm’s audit opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Shares of preferred stock not subsequently converted to shares of common stock are redeemable only at the discretion of the Company. Shares of preferred stock granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, totaled 8,615, 5,957 and 10,180, respectively, and an equal number of preferred stock options were granted in each of these years.

Employee Share Option Plan (Common Stock Options)

The Company has an employee stock option plan for certain long-serving employees of the Company. Under the plan, these employees are granted in each calendar year, as long as the employee is a participant in the Employee Share Incentive Plan, options to purchase common shares. The price at which the option may be exercised will be the closing market price on the grant date, which is the 40th day after the date of the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting. The number of options each employee is granted is equal to five times the sum of (i) the number of preferred shares which that employee receives for $nil consideration and (ii) the number of preferred share options which that employee exercises in that given year. Options may be exercised during the period commencing on the fourth anniversary of the grant date and ending on the thirtieth day after the fourth anniversary of the grant date. Options granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, totaled 4,030, 2,990 and 6,600, respectively.

2008 Equity Incentive Plan

On May 14, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) and reserved 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common shares for issuance under this plan. All Directors, executives and key employees of the Company or its affiliates are eligible for participation in the 2008 Plan which provides for the issuance of options, restricted stock and stock equivalents at the discretion of the Board. No options were granted under the plan in 2013, 2014 or 2015.

The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense at fair value for all share-based payments, including stock options. Stock-based compensation for the Employee Share Incentive Plan, Employee Share Option Plan and the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan totaled $143,951, $116,574 and $246,473 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Non-Executive Directors’ Share Plan

This stock grant plan provides part of Directors’ remuneration. Under this plan, non-Executive Directors receive a combination of cash and common stock for their participation in Board meetings. The number of shares of common stock granted is calculated based upon the market price of the Company’s common stock on October 1 of the year preceding the grant. Common stock granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 totaled 10,514, 5,992 and 13,980 shares, respectively. The Company recognized stock-based compensation for these share grants of $143,218, $85,880 and $135,503 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the table below. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and post-vesting termination behavior. The expected term of options granted is based on historical data and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company uses historical data to estimate stock option exercises and forfeitures within its valuation model. The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

The significant weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

	2015			2014			2013
Risk free interest rate		0.41	%		0.48	%		0.47	%
Expected option life (years)		1.4			1.4			1.7
Expected volatility		33.74	%		48.06	%		27.87	%
Expected dividend yield		2.35	%		2.71	%		2.71	%

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:

	Options			Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at beginning of period		186,632		$	10.18
Granted		12,645			9.92
Exercised		(48,885	)		7.90
Forfeited/expired		(55,914	)		10.30
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015		94,478		$	10.52	1.06  years	$	164,500
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015		75,078		$	10.46	0.86  years	$	133,764

(1) The intrinsic value of a stock option represents the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock, measured by reference to the closing price of the common shares of $12.24 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 31, 2015, exceeds the exercise price of the option.

As of December 31, 2015, 19,400 non-vested options and 75,078 vested options were outstanding, with weighted average exercise prices of $10.74 and $10.46, respectively, and average remaining contractual lives of 1.87 years and 0.86 years, respectively. The total remaining unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock-based arrangements were $28,012 as of December 31, 2015 and are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.87 years.

As of December 31, 2015, unrecognized compensation costs relating to redeemable preferred stock outstanding were $143,234, and are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.19 years. 

The following table summarizes the weighted average fair value of options at the date of grant and the intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:

	2015		2014		2013
Options granted with an exercise price below market price on the date of grant:
Employees — preferred stock	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Overall weighted average	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Options granted with an exercise price at market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — common stock	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Overall weighted average	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Options granted with an exercise price above market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — preferred stock	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Overall weighted average	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Total intrinsic value of options exercised	$	87,371	$	17,162	$	190,212

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The Board of Directors approved changes to the long-term incentive compensation for the Company’s executive officers effective for 2015 and thereafter to better align the interests of its executive officers with those of its shareholders. The revised long-term compensation plan includes a combination of performance and non-performance based grants of common stock. The non-performance based stock grants vest ratably over a three-year period. The performance based grants vest at the end of three years based upon the achievement of three year cumulative performance outcomes. The initial three year measurement period for the performance based stock grants is 2015-2017. The Company recognized $120,500 in stock-based compensation expense related to the non-performance stock grants under the revised long-term compensation plan for the year ended December 31, 2015. 

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19. Retirement benefits

Staff retirement plans are offered to all employees in Florida, Cayman Islands and Bahamas. The plans are administered by third party plan providers and are defined contribution plans. The Company matches the contribution of the first 5% of each participating employee’s salary up to $72,000 for the Cayman Islands, there is no salary limit for the Bahamas and up to 6% of each participating employee salary for Florida employees. The total amount recognized as an expense under the plans during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 was $328,084, $325,576, and $300,682, respectively. 

20. Financial instruments

Credit risk:

The Company is not exposed to significant credit risk on its retail customer accounts as its policy is to cease supply of water to customers’ accounts that are more than 45 days overdue. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is concentrated on receivables from its Bulk water customers. The Company considers these receivables fully collectible and therefore has not recorded an allowance for these receivables.

Interest rate risk:

The Company is not subject to significant interest-rate risk arising from fluctuations in interest rates as the balance of the Company’s demand loan payable at December 31, 2015 is not significant to its financial condition or results of operations.

Foreign exchange risk:

All relevant foreign currencies other than the Mexican peso, Indonesian rupiah and the euro have been fixed to the dollar for over 30 years and the Company does not employ a hedging strategy against exchange rate risk associated with the reporting in dollars. If any of these fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate or if any of the foreign currencies in which the Company conducts business depreciate significantly against the dollar, the Company’s consolidated results of operations could be adversely affected.

Fair values:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities, the demand loan and dividends payable approximate their fair values due to the short term maturities of these instruments. Management considers that the carrying amounts for loans receivable and long term debt as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 approximate their fair value as the stated interest rates approximate market rates.

Under US GAAP, fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. The US GAAP guidance also establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The guidance establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

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Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. The Company reviews its fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	December 31, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	428,203	$	-	$	-	$	428,203
Certificate of deposit		-		5,637,538		-		5,637,538
Total recurring	$	428,203	$	5,637,538	$	-	$	6,065,741
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	4,548,271	$	4,548,271

	December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	456,083	$	-	$	-	$	456,083
Certificate of deposit		-		5,000,000		-		5,000,000
Total recurring	$	456,083	$	5,000,000	$	-	$	5,456,083
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	5,208,603	$	5,208,603

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for Level 3 investments for the year ended December 31, 2015:

Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	5,208,603
Profit sharing and equity from earnings of OC-BVI		399,668
Distributions received from OC-BVI		-
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI (See Note 8)		(1,060,000	)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	4,548,271

21. Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Interest paid in cash	$	147,546	$	196,768	$	380,014
Non-cash transactions:
Transfers from inventory to property plant and equipment and construction in progress	$	123,036	$	168,622	$	181,875
Transfers from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment	$	2,694,733	$	2,693,622	$	4,924,980
Issuance of 10,514, 18,294, and 25,111, respectively, shares of common stock for services rendered	$	119,018	$	263,098	$	217,826
Issuance of 8,615, 5,957, and 10,180 , respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock for services rendered for services rendered	$	110,703	$	65,289	$	110,249
Conversion (on a one-to-one basis) of 7,195, 4,756, and 4,720, respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock to common stock	$	4,317	$	2,854	$	2,832
Dividends declared but not paid	$	1,111,501	$	1,106,456	$	1,104,271
Obligation incurred for land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	10,050,000

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22. Impact of recent accounting standards

Effect of Newly Issued But Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 requires revenue recognition to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 prescribes a five step framework in accounting for revenues from contracts within its scope, including (a) identification of the contract, (b) identification of the performance obligations under the contract, (c) determination of the transaction price, (d) allocation of the transaction price to the identified performance obligations and (e) recognition of revenues as the identified performance obligations are satisfied. ASU 2014-09 also prescribes additional disclosures and financial statement presentations. ASU 2014-09 may be adopted retrospectively or under a modified retrospective method where the cumulative effect is recognized at the date of initial application. This amendment was originally effective January 1, 2017. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date by one year to January 1, 2018. Early application is permitted but not before January 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. The amendments in this update require management to reevaluate whether certain legal entities should be consolidated. Specifically, the amendments (1) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) or voting interest entities, (2) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (3) affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships, and (4) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-02 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 provides authoritative guidance related to the presentation of debt issuance costs on the balance sheet, requiring companies to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of debt. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance must be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. ASU 2015-11 applies to all inventory that is measured using first-in, first-out or average cost. The guidance requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, which clarifies the treatment of debt issuance costs from line-of-credit arrangements after adoption of ASU 2015-03. The SEC Staff announced they would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The amendment requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. The amendment becomes effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-15 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations: Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires an acquirer to recognize adjustments identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adjustment must include the cumulative effect of the adjustment as if the accounting had been completed on the acquisition date. The update should be applied prospectively and becomes effective January 1, 2016. Early application is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-16 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and, for most provisions, is effective using the cumulative-effect transition approach. Early application is permitted for certain provisions. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. The new guidance requires companies to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leased assets. The accounting guidance for lessors will remain relatively largely unchanged. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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23. Subsequent events

The Company evaluated subsequent events through the time of the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other than as disclosed in these consolidated financial statements, the Company is not aware of any significant events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the filing of this report that would have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

On February 11, 2016, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Consolidated Water U.S. Holdings, Inc. (“Consolidated Water U.S.”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Aerex Industries, Inc. (“Aerex”) and Thomas Donnick, Jr. (“Donnick”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S. purchased a 51% ownership interest in Aerex for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $7.7 million in cash. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S. owns 51% of the outstanding capital stock of Aerex and Donnick owns 49% of the outstanding capital stock of Aerex. Consolidated Water U.S. also acquired from Donnick an option to compel Donnick to sell, and granted to Donnick an option to require Consolidated Water U.S. to purchase, Donnick’s 49% ownership interest in Aerex at a price based upon the fair market value of Aerex at the time of the exercise of the option. The options are exercisable on or after February 11, 2019. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company guaranteed the obligations of Consolidated Water U.S. with respect to the option granted to Donnick to require Consolidated Water U.S. to purchase Donnick’s 49% ownership interest in Aerex.

Aerex is an original equipment manufacturer and service provider of a wide range of products and services applicable to municipal water and industrial water treatment. Its products include membrane separation equipment, filtration equipment, piping systems, vessels and custom fabricated components. Aerex also offers engineering, design, consulting, inspection, training and equipment maintenance services to its customers. Aerex is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code accredited manufacturer and maintains the ASME U and S and the National Board NB and R Certificates of Authorization. Its corporate offices and manufacturing facilities are located in Fort Pierce, Florida.

In connection with the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S., Aerex and Donnick entered into a shareholders agreement, pursuant to which Consolidated Water U.S. and Donnick agreed to certain rights and obligations with respect to the governance of Aerex.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors

Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. and its subsidiary (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. and subsidiary as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ Marcum LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

March 15, 2016 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

	December 31,
	2015		2014
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,290,227	$	848,960
Accounts receivable		2,839,338		1,498,521
Inventory		63,365		108,171
Prepaid expenses and other assets		130,862		91,890
Total current assets		4,323,792		2,547,542
Property, plant and equipment, net		3,925,802		4,535,087
Construction in progress		63,047		63,809
Inventory non-current		274,384		242,591
Other assets		419,417		456,417
Total assets	$	9,006,442	$	7,845,446
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other liabilities	$	584,116	$	427,269
Total current liabilities		584,116		427,269
Profit sharing obligation		1,603,800		1,393,200
Deferred revenue		46,452		-
Total liabilities		2,234,368		1,820,469
Equity
Class A, voting shares, $1 par value. Authorized 600,000 shares: issued and outstanding 555,000 shares		555,000		555,000
Class B, voting shares, $1 par value. Authorized 600,000 shares: issued and outstanding 555,000 shares		555,000		555,000
Class C, non-voting shares, $1 par value. Authorized 600,000 shares: issued and outstanding 165,000 shares		165,000		165,000
Additional paid-in capital		225,659		225,659
Retained earnings		5,056,829		4,380,586
Total OC-BVI stockholders’ equity		6,557,488		5,881,245
Non-controlling interest		214,586		143,732
Total equity		6,772,074		6,024,977
Total liabilities and equity	$	9,006,442	$	7,845,446

 The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenues	$	4,143,882		$	4,679,829		$	4,711,091
Cost of revenues		2,261,973			2,833,007			2,886,820
Gross profit		1,881,909			1,846,822			1,824,271
General and administrative expenses		958,364			940,072			957,743
Income from operations		923,545			906,750			866,528
Other income (expense)
Interest income		33,152			39,299			-
Profit sharing expense		(210,600	)		(222,750	)		(715,273	)
Court award - Baughers Bay dispute		-			-			2,000,000
Other		1,000			(5,300	)		127,205
Other income (expense), net		(176,448	)		(188,751	)		1,411,932
Net income		747,097			717,999			2,278,460
Income attributable to non-controlling interests		70,854			21,045			27,793
Net income attributable to controlling interests	$	676,243		$	696,954		$	2,250,667

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

					Additional							Total
	Common				paid-in		Retained			Non-controlling		stockholders'
	Shares		Dollars		capital		earnings			interest		equity
Balance as of December 31, 2012		1,275,000	$	1,275,000	$	225,659	$	5,487,465		$	94,894	$	7,083,018
Net income		-		-		-		2,250,667			27,793		2,278,460
Dividends declared		-		-		-		(2,422,500	)		-		(2,422,500	)
Balance as of December 31, 2013		1,275,000		1,275,000		225,659		5,315,632			122,687		6,938,978
Net income		-		-		-		696,954			21,045		717,999
Dividends declared		-		-		-		(1,632,000	)		-		(1,632,000	)
Balance as of December 31, 2014		1,275,000		1,275,000		225,659		4,380,586			143,732		6,024,977
Net income		-		-		-		676,243			70,854		747,097
Dividends declared		-		-		-		-			-		-
Balance as of December 31, 2015		1,275,000	$	1,275,000	$	225,659	$	5,056,829		$	214,586	$	6,772,074

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	747,097		$	717,999		$	2,278,460
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation		673,711			753,759			790,785
Net loss on disposal of fixed assets		-			14,454			-
Profit sharing		210,600			222,750			715,273
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable		(1,340,817	)		1,253,309			(954,737	)
(Increase) decrease in inventory		13,013			(69,010	)		49,135
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets		(1,972	)		62,373			(17,965	)
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and other liabilities		156,847			(290,618	)		(220,078	)
Increase in deferred revenue		46,452			-			-
Net cash provided by operating activities		504,931			2,665,016			2,640,873
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment and construction in progress		(63,664	)		(122,583	)		(1,888	)
Net cash (used in) investing activities		(63,664	)		(122,583	)		(1,888	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Profit sharing rights paid		-			(518,400	)		(769,500	)
Dividends paid		-			(1,632,000	)		(2,422,500	)
Net cash (used in) financing activities		-			(2,150,400	)		(3,192,000	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		441,267			392,033			(553,015	)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period		848,960			456,927			1,009,942
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period	$	1,290,227		$	848,960		$	456,927
Non-cash transactions
Transfers from inventory to property, plant and equipment, net	$	64,426		$	-			-

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. Principal activity

Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”) was incorporated in the British Virgin Islands under the Companies Act, Cap 285, on May 14, 1990 and is engaged in the production and sale of potable water to the Government of the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI government”). OC-BVI has an agreement with the BVI government, its sole customer, to produce and supply a guaranteed quantity and quality of potable water. This agreement provides for specific penalties should OC-BVI not be able to provide the guaranteed quantity of water.

JVD Ocean Desalination Ltd. (“JVD”), a majority owned subsidiary of OC-BVI, was incorporated on January 2, 2003 and began producing potable water on the island of Jost Van Dyke for the BVI government in July 2003 under a 10-year contract with the BVI government that expired July 8, 2013. Pursuant to the contract, OC-BVI is operating the plant on a year-to-year basis until the BVI government informs OC-BVI of its intention to extend the existing, or enter into a new agreement.

OC-BVI supplies water to the BVI government under a seven-year contract executed in March 2010 for OC-BVI’s plant located at Bar Bay, Tortola (the “Bar Bay Agreement”). Under the terms of the Bar Bay Agreement, OC-BVI delivers up to 600,000 gallons of water per day to the BVI government from the Bar Bay plant and the BVI government is obligated to pay for this water at a specified price as adjusted by a monthly energy factor. The Bar Bay Agreement includes a seven-year extension option exercisable by the BVI government. Substantially all of OC-BVI’s revenues and cash flows are derived from the Bar Bay plant. If OC-BVI ceases supplying water to the BVI government from the Bar Bay plant after the March 4, 2017 expiration date of the initial seven-year term of the Bar Bay Agreement, OC-BVI will be required to record an impairment loss on its long-lived Bar Bay plant assets to reduce the carrying value of these assets to their then fair value. This impairment loss would have an adverse impact on OC-BVI’s consolidated financial condition and consolidated statements of operations. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments for the possible outcome of this contingency.

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation: The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis of consolidation: The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of OC-BVI and its majority owned subsidiary, JVD (collectively, the “Company”). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Use of estimates: The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management of the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment and inventory. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of demand deposits at banks and highly liquid deposits at banks with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are not restricted as to withdrawal or use.

Accounts receivable: Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts based on meter readings.

Interest income: The Company earns interest income on accounts receivable based on the overdue invoices from its customer.

Inventory: Inventory primarily includes replacement spares and parts that are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost determined on the first-in, first-out basis.

Impairment of long-lived assets: Assets such as property, plant and equipment, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the asset.

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Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using a straight line method with an allowance for estimated residual values. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Plant and equipment	4 to 14 years
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 10 years
Vehicles	3 to 10 years
Lab equipment	5 to 10 years

Additions to property, plant and equipment consist of the cost of the contracted services, direct labor and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of the projects. Depreciation commences in the month of addition.

Revenue from water sales: OC-BVI recognizes revenues from Bar Bay plant water sales at the time water is supplied to the BVI government’s distribution system. The amount of water supplied is determined based upon water meter readings performed at the end of each month. Under the terms of its bulk water supply contracts, OC-BVI is entitled to charge its customers the greater of a minimum monthly charge or the price for water supplied during the month.

3. Litigation with the BVI government

Under the terms of a water supply agreement dated May 1990 (the “1990 Agreement”) between OC-BVI and the Government of the British Islands (the “BVI Government”), upon the expiration of its initial seven-year term in May 1999, the 1990 Agreement would automatically be extended for another seven-year term unless the BVI government provided notice, at least eight months prior to such expiration, of its decision to purchase the plant from OC-BVI at the agreed upon amount under the 1990 Agreement of approximately $1.42 million. In correspondence between the parties from late 1998 through early 2000, the BVI government indicated that it intended to purchase the plant but would be amenable to negotiating a new water supply agreement, and that it considered the 1990 Agreement to be in force on a monthly basis until negotiations between the BVI government and OC-BVI were concluded. Occasional discussions were held between the parties since 2000 without resolution of the matter. OC-BVI continued to supply water from the plant and expended approximately $4.7 million between 1995 and 2003 to significantly expand the production capacity of the plant beyond that contemplated in the 1990 Agreement.

In 2006, the BVI government took the position that the seven-year extension of the 1990 Agreement had been completed and that it was entitled to ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. In response, OC-BVI disputed the BVI government’s contention that the original terms of the 1990 Agreement remained in effect.

During 2007, the BVI government significantly reduced the amount and frequency of its payments for the water being supplied by OC-BVI and filed a lawsuit with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (the “Court”) seeking ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. OC-BVI counterclaimed to the Court that it was entitled to continued possession and operation of the Baughers Bay plant until the BVI government paid OC-BVI approximately $4.7 million, which OC-BVI believed represented the value of the Baughers Bay plant at its expanded production capacity. OC-BVI subsequently filed claims with the Court seeking payment for water sold and delivered to the BVI government through May 31, 2009 at the contract prices in effect before the BVI government asserted its purported right of ownership of the plant.

The Court ruled on this litigation in 2009, determining that (1) the BVI government was entitled to immediate ownership and possession of the Baughers Bay plant and dismissed OC-BVI’s claim for compensation of approximately $4.7 million for the expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the plant; (2) OC-BVI was entitled to full payment of water invoices issued up to December 20, 2007, which had been calculated under the terms of the original 1990 Agreement; and (3) OC-BVI was entitled to the amount of $10.4 million for water produced by OC-BVI from the Baughers Bay plant subsequent to December 20, 2007. The BVI government made a payment of $2.0 million to OC-BVI under the Court order during the fourth quarter of 2009, a second payment of $2.0 million under the Court order during 2010 and a third payment under the Court order of $1.0 million in 2011.

OC-BVI filed an appeal with the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals (the “Appellate Court”) in October 2009 asking the Appellate Court to review the September 17, 2009 ruling by the Court as it related to OC-BVI’s claim for compensation for expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the Baughers Bay plant. In October 2009, the BVI government also filed an appeal with the Appellate Court requesting the Appellate Court to reduce the $10.4 million awarded by the Court to OC-BVI for water supplied subsequent to December 20, 2007 to an amount equal to the cost of producing such water.

In March 2010, OC-BVI vacated the Baughers Bay plant and the BVI government assumed direct responsibility for the plant’s operations.

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In June 2012, the Appellate Court issued the final ruling with respect to the Baughers Bay litigation. This ruling dismissed the BVI government’s appeal against the previous judgment of the Court awarding $10.4 million for the water supplied, and also awarded OC-BVI compensation for improvements made to the plant in the amount equal to the difference between (i) the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date OC-BVI transferred possession of the plant to the BVI government and (ii) $1.42 million (the purchase price for the Baughers Bay plant under the 1990 Agreement). OC-BVI was also awarded all of its court costs at the trial level and two-thirds of such costs incurred on appeal. Prior to the final ruling, the BVI government had paid only $5.0 of the original $10.4 million, and the remaining $5.4 million amount due had increased to approximately $6.7 million by the fourth quarter of 2012 due to the court costs awarded by the Appellate Court and the accrued interest due on the aggregate unpaid balance. The BVI government paid OC-BVI $4.7 million of this amount during the fourth quarter of 2012 and the remaining $2.0 million in January 2013. These amounts paid by the BVI government were recognized in OC-BVI’s results of operations as other income in the periods in which they were received. During the first quarter of 2015, OC-BVI and the BVI government appointed a mutually approved appraiser to complete a valuation of the Baughers Bay plant in accordance with the Appellate Court ruling. This valuation is presently underway.

4. Inventory

Inventory consists of:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Consumables stock	$	8,043	$	20,667
Spare parts inventory		329,706		330,095
Total inventory		337,749		350,762
Less current portion		63,365		108,171
Inventory (non-current)	$	274,384	$	242,591

5. Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment consist of:

	December 31,
	2015			2014
Buildings	$	3,664,250		$	3,599,824
Plant and equipment		5,691,242			5,691,243
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment		44,203			44,203
Vehicles		78,428			78,428
Tools & test equipment		9,622			9,622
		9,487,745			9,423,320
Accumulated depreciation		(5,561,943	)		(4,888,233	)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	3,925,802		$	4,535,087

Depreciation expense was $673,711, $753,759 and $790,785 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

During 2007, OC-BVI completed, for a total cost of approximately $8 million, the construction of a desalination plant with a capacity of 720,000 gallons per day located at Bar Bay, Tortola (the “Bar Bay plant”). OC-BVI began selling water to the Ministry from this plant in January 2009 and on March 4, 2010, OC-BVI and the BVI government executed a definitive seven-year contract for the Bar Bay plant (the “Bar Bay Agreement”). Under the terms of the Bar Bay Agreement, OC-BVI delivers up to 600,000 gallons of water per day to the BVI government from the Bar Bay plant and the BVI government is obligated to pay for this water at a specified price as adjusted by a monthly energy factor. The Bar Bay Agreement includes a seven-year extension option exercisable by the BVI government and required OC-BVI to complete a storage reservoir on a BVI government site by no later than March 4, 2011. OC-BVI has not commenced construction of this storage reservoir due to the BVI government’s failure to pay the invoices for the water provided by the Bar Bay plant on a timely basis.

6. Commitments

During 2005, OC-BVI entered into a 25- year lease agreement with Bar Bay Estate Holdings Limited (“Bar Bay Holdings”), a private company incorporated in the Territory of the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to which OC-BVI agreed to lease from Bar Bay Holdings approximately 50,000 square feet of land on Tortola, British Virgin Islands on which a seawater desalination plant and wells was constructed. Under the terms of the lease agreement, a lease premium payment of $750,000 was made on June 10, 2005, annual lease and easement payments of $17,662 are due annually and royalty payments of 2.87% of annual sales, as defined in the lease agreement, are payable quarterly. Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited currently owns 100% of the non-voting stock, 50% of the voting common stock and 50% of the profit sharing rights of OC-BVI. A Director of Sage Water Holdings is also a Director of OC-BVI and holds 50% of the outstanding shares of Bar Bay Holdings.

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OC-BVI entered into an agreement that grants an easement over a parcel of land used to access certain Bar Bay plant. Under the terms of the agreement, an initial premium payment of $70,000 was made and fees of $6,000 are due annually through September 2019.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

2016	$	23,662
2017		23,662
2018		23,662
2019		21,662
2020		17,662
Thereafter		166,310
	$	276,620

Total rental expense amounted to $76,262, $76,262 and $76,262 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

7. Expenses

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cost of water sales consist of the following:
Fuel oil	$	42,685	$	89,672	$	55,024
Electricity		777,680		1,114,780		1,173,659
Maintenance		85,518		90,025		109,782
Depreciation		671,804		751,705		789,342
Employee costs		338,143		395,648		385,943
Insurance		74,394		74,086		72,974
Other		271,749		317,091		300,096
	$	2,261,973	$	2,833,007	$	2,886,820

General and administrative expenses consist of the following:

Management fees	$	630,932	$	628,643	$	627,725
Directors fees and expenses		88,738		71,390		78,735
Professional fees		28,525		25,626		18,900
Employee costs		66,254		65,213		65,301
Depreciation		1,908		2,054		1,442
Maintenance		948		-		-
Other		141,059		147,146		165,640
	$	958,364	$	940,072	$	957,743

8. Related party transactions

Pursuant to an amended and restated Management Services Agreement between DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CWCO, and the Company, DesalCo provides the Company with management, administration, finance, operations, maintenance, engineering and purchasing services, and is entitled to be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company.

Pursuant to a Management Services Memorandum effective January 1, 2004 between the Class B Directors who at any point in time represent Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited (“SWHL”), and the Company, the Class B directors provide the Company with delegated operational matters, general management of local business matters, donation, sponsorship and public relations activities, and are entitled to an annual fixed fee of $60,000, adjusted annually for inflation, and a profit sharing bonus equal to 2% of the Company’s income before depreciation, interest (income and expense), and other expenses not directly related to the operation of the Company.

Pursuant to a Services Agreement effective November 30, 2012 between the Company and Sage Utilities Holdings (BVI) Limited (“SUHL”), which is related to Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Ltd. through common ownership, the Company provides SUHL with operations, maintenance, engineering, and purchasing services.

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The statements of operations include the following transactions with related parties:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenues
SUHL management fees	$	331,599	$	447,965	$	476,060
General and administrative expenses
DesalCo management fees	$	514,858	$	513,048	$	510,998
SWHL management fees		116,074		115,595		116,727
	$	630,932	$	628,643	$	627,725

The accompanying balance sheets include the following amounts associated with related parties:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Accounts receivable
SUHL	$	351,161	$	150,715
Prepaid expenses and other assets
DesalCo	$	46,452	$	-
Accounts payable and other liabilities
DesalCo	$	44,977	$	49,031
SWHL		9,251		6,244
	$	54,228	$	55,275
Deferred revenue
SUHL	$	46,452	$	-

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9. Profit sharing obligation

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Opening balance	$	1,393,200	$	1,688,850
Additions		210,600		222,750
Distributions paid and accrued		-		(518,400	)
Ending balance	$	1,603,800	$	1,393,200

In 1993, the Company and its existing shareholders at that time, entered into two Share Repurchase and Profit Sharing Agreements (the “Agreements”) to repurchase 225,000 shares each from those shareholders (the “Parties”), whose shares were issued in exchange for guarantees of the Company’s long term debt. The Agreements were subsequently approved by special resolution at an Extraordinary Meeting of all the Company’s shareholders.

Under the terms of the Agreements, the Company, in exchange for the above-mentioned shares, granted the Parties, profit sharing rights in the Company’s profits for as long as the Company remains in business as a going concern. The Agreement states that where the Company has profits available for the payment of dividends and pays a dividend from there, a distribution shall be made to each of the Parties equal to 202,500 times the dividend per share received by the remaining shareholders and paid concurrently with such dividend. The factor of 202,500 shall be subject to amendment by the same proportion and at the same time as changes take place or adjustments are made in respect of the remaining shareholders.

The current shareholders and an affiliate of a current shareholder have acquired these profit sharing rights. The Company has recorded an obligation as of December 31, 2015 for the maximum profit shares payable to the Parties if all retained earnings were to be distributed as dividends and profit shares.

10. Taxation

Under the terms of the water sale agreements with the Government, the Company is exempt from all non-employee taxation in the British Virgin Islands.

11. Pension plan

Effective December 1, 2003, the Company established the MWM Global Retirement Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan is a defined contribution plan whereby the Company contributes 5% of each participating employee’s salary to the Plan. The total amount recognized as an expense under the plan was $11,648, $11,319 and $11,051 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

12. Financial instruments

Credit risk:

Financial assets that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and intercompany loans receivable. The Company’s cash is placed with high credit quality financial institutions. The accounts receivable are due from the Company’s sole customer, the BVI government. As a result, the Company is subject to credit risk to the extent of any non-performance by the BVI government.

Interest rate risk:

The Company has no long-term debt as of December 31, 2015.

Fair values:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair values due to the short term maturities of these assets and liabilities.

13. Subsequent events

The Company has evaluated subsequent events for potential recording or disclosure in these consolidated financial statements through the date the financial statements were issued.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are the Company’s controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the possible controls and procedures.

Our management has evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, has concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

(a) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Company management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and includes those policies and procedures that:

· pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company;

· provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and

· provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013).

Based on our assessment, management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2015, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective at the reasonable assurance level.

The Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, Marcum LLP, has issued a report on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Their report appears in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

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b) Attestation Report of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

See ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA.

(c) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of such internal control that occurred during the Company’s last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Information required by this item with respect to our directors and the nomination process is contained in the proxy statement for our 2015 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be filed with the SEC (the “Proxy Statement”) under the heading “Proposal 1 - Election of Group III Directors” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

Information required by this item with respect to our executive officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Officers.”

Information required by this item with respect to our audit committee and our audit committee financial expert is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Proposal 1 - Election of Group III Directors - Committees of the Board of Directors - Audit Committee” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

Information required by this item with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Additional Information Regarding Executive Compensation - Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

The Board of Directors has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) that applies to all of the Company’s directors, officers (including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) and employees. Information related to the Code is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Proposal 1 - Election of Group III Directors - Governance of the Company” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

We intend to disclose future amendments to certain provisions of the Code, or waivers of such provisions granted to executive officers and directors, on our website within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Information required by this item with respect to executive compensation and director compensation is contained in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and “Additional Information Regarding Executive Compensation”, respectively, and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

The information required by this item with respect to compensation committee interlocks and insider participation is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Additional Information Regarding Executive Compensation - Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation in Compensation Decisions” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report. The compensation committee report required by this item is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis - Compensation Committee Report” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

The information required by this item with respect to compensation policies and practices as they relate to the Company’s risk management is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Information required by this item with respect to security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Shareholders Matters” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Information required by this item with respect to such contractual relationships and director independence is contained in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Additional Information Regarding Executive Compensation - Transactions With Related Persons” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Information with respect to principal accounting fees and services are contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Proposal 3 - Principal Accounting Fees and Services” and is incorporated by reference in this Annual Report.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHEDULES

1. Financial Statements

The Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. Financial statements found in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA are incorporated herein by reference.

Pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X, when either the first or third condition set forth in Rule 1-02(w), substituting 20 percent for 10 percent, is met by a 50 percent-or-less-owned person accounted for by the equity method separate financial statements shall be filed. The Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. financial statements found in ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA are incorporated herein by reference.

2. Financial Statement Schedules

None

3. Exhibits

The Exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index immediately preceding the Signatures are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS FILED WITH 10-K

Number	Exhibit Description
3.1	Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. dated May 14, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed as part of our Form 8-K filed June 6, 2008, Commission File No. 0-25248)
3.2	Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. dated May 10, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed as part of our Form F-3 filed October 12, 2006, Commission File No. 333-137970)
3.3	Amendment to Articles of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. dated May 11, 2007 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed as part of our Form 8-K filed May 14, 2007, Commission File No. 0-25248)
3.4	Amendment to Articles of Association of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. dated May 26, 2009 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 filed as part of our Form 8-K filed May 27, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
4.1	Option Deed, dated August 6, 1997, between Cayman Water Company Limited and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed on our Form 6-K, dated August 7, 1997, Commission File No. 0-25248)
4.2	Deed of Amendment of Option Deed dated August 8, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed as a part of our Form 8-K dated August 11, 2005, Commission File No. 0-25248)
4.3	Second Deed of Amendment of Option Deed, dated September 27, 2005 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.2 filed as a part of our Form 8-K dated October 3, 2005, Commission File No. 0-25248)
4.4	Third Deed of Amendment to Option Deed, dated May 30, 2007 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 4.3 filed as part of our Form 8-K filed June 1, 2007, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.1	License Agreement dated July 11, 1990 between Cayman Water Company Limited and the Government of the Cayman Islands (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed as a part of our Form 20-F dated December 7, 1994, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.2	First Amendment to License Agreement dated September 18, 1990 between Cayman Water Company Limited and the Government of the Cayman Islands. (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed as a part of our Form 20-F dated December 7, 1994, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.3	Second Amendment to License Agreement dated February 14, 1991 between Cayman Water Company Limited and the Government of the Cayman Islands. (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed as a part of our Form 20-F dated December 7, 1994, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.4	Third Amendment to a License to Produce Potable Water dated August 15, 2001 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. by the Government of the Cayman Islands (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.4 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.5	Fourth Amendment to a License to Produce Potable Water dated February 1, 2003 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. by the Government of the Cayman Islands (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.6	Amendment to License Agreement dated July 20, 2010 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed July 23, 2010, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.7	Amendment to a License to Produce Potable Water dated July 11, 2012 between Cayman Water Company Limited and the Government of the Cayman Islands (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 10-Q for the second quarter ended June 30, 2012, Commission File No. 0-25248)

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10.1.8	Amendment to License Agreement dated December 31, 2012 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed March 4, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.9	Amendment to License Agreement dated April 24, 2013 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1.9 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.10	Amendment to License Agreement dated November 6, 2013 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1.10 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)

10.1.11	Amendment to License Agreement dated June 30, 2014 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K filed July 14, 2014, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.1.12	Amendment to License Agreement dated January 20, 2015 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1.12 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, Commission File No. 0-25248)

10.1.13**	Amendment to License Agreement dated August 5, 2015 between the Government of the Cayman Islands and Cayman Water Company Limited.
10.2	Water Supply Agreement dated December 18, 2000 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and South Bimini International Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.3.1*	Employment contract dated December 5, 2003 between Frederick McTaggart and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.18 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.3.2*	Amendment of Engagement Agreement dated September 14, 2007 between Frederick W. McTaggart and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to our Form 8-K filed September 19, 2007, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.3.3*	Third Amendment of Engagement Agreement dated September 9, 2009 between Frederick W. McTaggart and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K filed September 9, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.4*	Engagement Agreement dated January 15, 2008 between David Sasnett and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as part of our Form 8-K filed January 22, 2008, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.5*	Employment contract dated January 14, 2008 between Ramjeet Jerrybandan and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 filed as part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.6*	Employment contract dated January 16, 2008 between Gerard Pereira and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.7*	Engagement Agreement dated July 12, 2011 between John Tonner and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 5, 2011, Commission File No. 0-25248).
10.8	Specimen Service Agreement between Cayman Water Company Limited and consumers (incorporated herein by reference to the exhibit filed as part of our Registration Statement on Form F-1 dated March 26, 1996)

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10.9*	Summary Share Grant Plan for Directors (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.24 filed as part of our Registration Statement on Form F-2 dated May 17, 2000, Commission File No. 333-35356)
10.10*	Employee Share Option Plan (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.26 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.11*	2008 Equity Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filled as part of our Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.12	Agreement dated February 1, 2002 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Cayman Hotel and Golf Inc. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.13	Lease dated December 10, 2001 between Cayman Hotel and Golf Inc. and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.52 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001, Commission File No. 0-25248)

10.14	Amended Lease dated April 27, 1993 signed January 2, 2004 between Government of Belize and Belize Water Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.36 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.15	Loan Agreement dated February 7, 2003 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K dated February 13, 2003, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.1	Loan Agreement dated May 25, 2005 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K dated June 1, 2005, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.2	Debenture Agreement dated August 24, 2007 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31.2 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.3	Amending Debenture Agreement dated March 14, 2008 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31.3 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.4	Second Amending Debenture Agreement dated February 18, 2009 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31.4 filed as a part of our Form 10-K in the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.5	Amending Loan Agreement dated August 20, 2009 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31.5 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.16.6	Amending Loan Agreement dated February 10, 2010 between Ocean Conversion (BVI), Ltd. and Consolidated Water Co. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.31.6 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.17	Trust Deed dated August 4, 2006 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Dextra Bank & Trust Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.18	Subscription Agreement dated August 4, 2006 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Scotiatrust and Merchant Bank Trinidad & Tobago Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)

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10.19	Deed of Second Debenture dated August 4, 2006 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Dextra Bank & Trust Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.5 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.20	Deed of Second Collateral Debenture dated August 4, 2006 between Cayman Water Company Limited and Dextra Bank & Trust Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.6 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)

10.21	Equitable Charge of Shares dated August 4, 2006 between Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Dextra Bank & Trust Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.7 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.22	Intercreditor Deed dated August 4, 2006 among Scotiabank & Trust (Cayman) Ltd., Dextra Bank & Trust Co. Ltd., Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Cayman Water Company Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.8 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.23	Cayman Islands Collateral Charge, West Bay Beach South Property, Block 12D, Parcel 79REM1/2 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.9 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)

10.24	Cayman Islands Collateral Charge, West Bay Beach North, Block 11D, Parcel 40 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.10 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.25	Cayman Islands Collateral Charge, West Bay Beach North, Block 11D, Parcel 8 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.11 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.26	Cayman Islands Collateral Charge, West Bay North East, Block 9A, Parcel 8 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.12 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.27	Cayman Islands Collateral Charge, West Bay North East, Block 9A, Parcel 469 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.13 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed August 9, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.28	Loan Agreement dated as of October 4, 2006, by and between Royal Bank of Canada and Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed October 6, 2006, File No. 0-25248)
10.29.1†	Form of Agreement for Desalinated Water Supply dated May 2005 among Water and Sewerage Corporation, Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Limited (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed February 4, 2011, File No. 0-25248)
10.29.2†	Letter of Acceptance dated January 25, 2011 (effective January 31, 2011) between Water and Sewerage Corporation and Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.2 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed February 4, 2011, File No. 0-25248)
10.29.3†	Proposal letter dated December 8, 2010 addressed to the Water and Sewerage Corporation (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.3 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed February 4, 2011, File No. 0-25248)
10.30.1	N.S.C. Agua S.A. de C.V. agreement for the purchase of 12 hectares of land dated May 16, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32.1 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.30.2	Appendix to N.S.C. Agua S.A. de C.V. agreement for the purchase of 12 hectares of land dated May 16, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32.2 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.30.3	Exhibit Index to N.S.C. Agua S.A. de C.V. agreement for the purchase of 12 hectares of land dated May 16, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32.3 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)

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10.30.4	Exhibits to N.S.C. Agua S.A. de C.V. agreement for the purchase of 12 hectares of land dated May 16, 2013 (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.32.4 filed as a part of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, Commission File No. 0-25248)
10.31	Stock Purchase Agreement dated February 11, 2016 among Consolidated Water U.S. Holdings, Inc., Aerex Industries, Inc. and Thomas Donnick, Jr. (incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 10.1 filed as a part of our Form 8-K filed February 16, 2016, File No. 0-25248)
21.1**	Subsidiaries of the Registrant
23.1**	Consent of Marcum LLP — Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.

23.2**	Consent of Marcum LLP - Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd.
31.1**	Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2**	Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1**	Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**	Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS**	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH**	XBRL Taxonomy Schema
101.CAL**	XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase
101.DEF**	XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase
101.LAB**	XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase
101.PRE**	XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase

* Indicates a management contract or compensatory plan.

** Filed herewith.

† Portions of these Exhibits have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
By:	/s/ Wilmer F. Pergande
	Wilmer F. Pergande
	Chairman of the Board of Directors

Dated: March 15, 2016

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature		Title	Date
By:	/s/ Wilmer F. Pergande	Chairman of the Board of Directors	March 15, 2016
	Wilmer F. Pergande
By:	/s/ Frederick W. McTaggart	Director, Chief Executive Officer and President	March 15, 2016
	Frederick W. McTaggart	(Principal Executive Officer)
By:	/s/ David W. Sasnett	Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer	March 15, 2016
	David W. Sasnett	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
By:	/s/ Brian E. Butler	Director	March 15, 2016
	Brian E. Butler
By:	/s/ Carson K. Ebanks	Director	March 15, 2016
	Carson K. Ebanks
By:	/s/ Richard L. Finlay	Director	March 15, 2016
	Richard L. Finlay
By:	/s/ Clarence B. Flowers, Jr.	Director	March 15, 2016
	Clarence B. Flowers, Jr.
By:	/s/ Leonard J. Sokolow	Director	March 15, 2016
	Leonard J. Sokolow
By:	/s/ Raymond Whittaker	Director	March 15, 2016
	Raymond Whittaker

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EX-10.1.13

Exhibit 10.1.13

 

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

An Amendment to a Licence dated 11^th July 1990

to Produce Potable Water from Seawater

granted to

Cayman Water Company Limited

on 5^th of August 2015

AMENDMENT TO A LICENCE DATED 11 JULY 1990 TO PRODUCE

POTABLE WATER FROM SEAWATER

granted to

CAYMAN WATER COMPANY LIMITED

by

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS

The Water (Production and Supply) Law 1979

(Law 15 of 1979)

THIS AMENDMENT to the Licence (as defined below) is made on the 5^th day of August 2015 by The Governor of the Cayman Islands (the “Governor”) and Cayman Water Company Limited, a company duly incorporated under the laws of the Cayman Islands whose registered office is situated at Fourth Floor, Windward Three, Regatta Business Park, West Bay Road, PO Box 1114, Grand Cayman KY1 -1102, Cayman Islands (the “Company”).

WHEREAS

(1) On 11 July 1990 the Governor granted a licence, under Section 3 of the Water (Production and Supply) Law 1979, to the Company granting it the exclusive right within the Licence Area to process Seawater to Water for sale and to distribute and sell Water by means of pipes.

(2) The licence has been amended by four (4) amendments, dated 18 September 1990, 14 February 1991, 15 August 2001 and 01 February 2003 (the aforesaid licence, as so amended, being herein referred to as the “Licence”).

(3) On 9 June 2008, the Company exercised its right to enter into negotiations for the grant of a Licence for a further term.

(4) The Term of the Licence ended on 10 July 2010 before the negotiations for the licence renewal could be finalized.

(5) The Governor has granted previous extensions of the term of the Licence, as defined by Clause 4 of the Licence, to allow the negotiations for the licence renewal to continue without affecting the provisions of water production and supply services in the Licensed Area.

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(6) The Parties wish to extend the Term of the Licence in order to facilitate the on-going negotiations and the Judicial Review proceedings.

NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:

1). The term of the Licence, as defined by Clause 4 of the Licence, is hereby extended until 31 December 2015.

THE terms and definitions as contained in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the same meanings as those contained within the Licence and the Licence shall hereafter be read and construed in accordance with the variations effected by this Amendment.

SAVE as varied by this Amendment, the Licence shall continue in full force and effect.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this Amendment to be executed by their authorized officers.

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The public seal of the Government of the Cayman Islands was affixed in the presence of
/s/ Helen Kilpatrick
Her Excellency the Governor, Mrs. Helen Kilpatrick, CB
Signed by the Water Authority in the presence of	By:	/s/ Lemuel Hurston
		CHAIRMAN
/s/ Tom Van Zanten	By:	/s/ James Gill
WITNESS		BOARD MEMBER
Signed on behalf of Cayman Water Company Limited in the presence of	By:	/s/ Frederick W. McTaggart
		DIRECTOR
/s/ Tracey Ebanks	By:	/s/ Raymond Whittaker
WITNESS  TRACEY EBANKS		DIRECTOR

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EX-21.1

EXHIBIT 21.1

CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

The following list includes all of the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, majority-owned subsidiaries and affiliates as of December 31, 2015. All subsidiaries of the Registrant appearing in the following table are included in the consolidated financial statements of the Registrant.

Subsidiaries	Jurisdiction of Organization
Aquilex, Inc. (100%)	United States of America
Cayman Water Company Limited (100%)	Cayman Islands
Consolidated Water (Asia) Pte. Limited (95%)	Singapore
Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Limited (90.9%)	The Bahamas
Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited (100%)	Belize
Consolidated Water (Bermuda) Limited (Affiliate)	Bermuda
DesalCo Limited (100%)	Cayman Islands
N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (99.9%)	Mexico
Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (Affiliate)	The British Virgin Islands
Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (100%)	Cayman Islands
PT Consolidated Water Bali (95%)	Indonesia

EX-23.1

EXHIBIT 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (No. 333−10206) on Form S−8 of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. of our report dated March 15, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income (loss), stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, which report appears in the December 31, 2015 annual report on Form 10−K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.

/s/ Marcum LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

March 15, 2016

EX-23.2

EXHIBIT 23.2

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

The Board of Directors Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on Form S−8 (Registration No. 333−10206) of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. of our report dated March 15, 2016 relating to the consolidated financial statements of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. which appear in this Form 10−K.

/s/ Marcum LLP

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

March 15, 2016

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

In connection with the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, Frederick W. McTaggart, certify, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that:

1. I have reviewed the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 15, 2016	By:	/s/ Frederick W. McTaggart
	Name:	Frederick W. McTaggart
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

In connection with the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, I, David W. Sasnett, certify, pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that:

1. I have reviewed the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 15, 2016	By:	/s/ David W. Sasnett
	Name:	David W. Sasnett
	Title:	Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Frederick W. McTaggart, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: March 15, 2016	By:	/s/ Frederick W. McTaggart
	Name:	Frederick W. McTaggart
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer
		(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Form 10-K of Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. for the year ended December 31, 2015 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, David W. Sasnett, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.

Date: March 15, 2016	By:	/s/ David W. Sasnett
	Name:	David W. Sasnett
	Title:	Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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Document And Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 08, 2016	Jun. 30, 2015
Document Information [Line Items]
Entity Registrant Name	CONSOLIDATED WATER CO LTD
Entity Central Index Key	0000928340
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Document Type	10-K
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2015
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2015
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Trading Symbol	CWCO
Entity Public Float			$ 180,832,579
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		14,785,922

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 44,792,734	$ 35,713,689
Certificate of deposit	5,637,538	5,000,000
Restricted cash	428,203	456,083
Accounts receivable, net	9,529,016	11,773,744
Inventory	1,918,728	1,738,382
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	1,282,660	1,612,860
Current portion of loans receivable	1,841,851	1,726,310
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings - construction projects	0	1,090,489
Total current assets	65,430,730	59,111,557
Property, plant and equipment, net	53,743,170	56,396,988
Construction in progress	1,928,610	1,900,016
Inventory, non-current	4,558,374	4,240,977
Loans receivable	3,769,016	5,610,867
Investment in OC-BVI	4,548,271	5,208,603
Intangible assets, net	771,811	927,900
Goodwill	3,499,037	3,499,037
Land held for development	20,558,424	20,558,424
Other assets	2,809,255	3,005,462
Total assets	161,616,698	160,459,831
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and other current liabilities	4,829,535	5,962,015
Dividends payable	1,177,246	1,190,325
Demand loan payable	7,000,000	9,000,000
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings - construction project	189,985	0
Total current liabilities	13,196,766	16,152,340
Other liabilities	224,827	224,827
Total liabilities	$ 13,421,593	$ 16,377,167
Commitments and contingencies
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
Redeemable preferred stock, $0.60 par value. Authorized 200,000 shares; issued and outstanding 38,804 and 36,840 shares, respectively	$ 23,282	$ 22,104
Additional paid-in capital	84,597,349	83,779,292
Retained earnings	52,084,175	49,000,621
Cumulative translation adjustment	(533,365)	(482,388)
Total Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity	145,040,162	141,149,168
Non-controlling interests	3,154,943	2,933,496
Total equity	148,195,105	144,082,664
Total liabilities and equity	161,616,698	160,459,831
Class A common stock [Member]
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
Common stock value	8,868,721	8,829,539
Class B common stock [Member]
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
Common stock value	$ 0	$ 0

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS [Parenthetical] - $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Redeemable preferred stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.60	$ 0.60
Redeemable preferred stock, authorized	200,000	200,000
Redeemable preferred stock, issued	38,804	36,840
Redeemable preferred stock, outstanding	38,804	36,840
Class A common stock [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.60	$ 0.60
Common stock, authorized	24,655,000	24,655,000
Common stock, issued	14,781,201	14,715,899
Common stock, outstanding	14,781,201	14,715,899
Class B common stock [Member]
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share)	$ 0.60	$ 0.60
Common stock, authorized	145,000	145,000
Common stock, issued	0	0

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Retail revenues	$ 23,254,757	$ 24,104,932	$ 23,018,498
Bulk revenues	31,854,255	39,201,011	39,960,220
Services revenues	2,007,190	2,253,135	843,413
Total revenues	57,116,202	65,559,078	63,822,131
Cost of retail revenues	10,925,634	11,944,071	10,956,904
Cost of bulk revenues	21,634,789	27,919,249	28,279,088
Cost of services revenues	1,629,221	2,580,260	1,080,260
Total cost of revenues	34,189,644	42,443,580	40,316,252
Gross profit	22,926,558	23,115,498	23,505,879
General and administrative expenses	14,458,494	16,654,439	15,844,303
Income from operations	8,468,064	6,461,059	7,661,576
Other income (expense):
Interest income	1,013,252	1,440,631	826,570
Interest expense	(269,090)	(488,770)	(484,057)
Profit sharing income from OC-BVI	105,300	111,375	357,636
Equity in earnings of OC-BVI	294,368	303,380	979,716
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI	(1,060,000)	(860,000)	(200,000)
Other	(626,400)	(203,135)	7,048
Other income (expense), net	(542,570)	303,481	1,486,913
Net income	7,925,494	6,764,540	9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	406,793	499,182	553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 7,518,701	$ 6,265,358	$ 8,594,519
Basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	$ 0.51	$ 0.43	$ 0.59
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in dollars per share)	0.51	0.42	0.58
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.3	$ 0.3	$ 0.3
Weighted average number of common shares used in the determination of:
Basic earnings per share (in shares)	14,741,748	14,697,896	14,633,884
Diluted earnings per share (in shares)	14,827,755	14,764,323	14,703,880

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Net income	$ 7,925,494	$ 6,764,540	$ 9,148,489
Other comprehensive income (loss)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(53,660)	(10,953)	(480,614)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)	(53,660)	(10,953)	(480,614)
Comprehensive income	7,871,834	6,753,587	8,667,875
Comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests	404,110	498,634	529,939
Comprehensive income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 7,467,724	$ 6,254,953	$ 8,137,936

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($)	Total	Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Cumulative translation adjustment [Member]	Non-controlling interests [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2012	$ 136,118,380	$ 18,159	$ 8,755,807	$ 82,467,421	$ 42,965,179	$ (15,400)	$ 1,927,214
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2012		30,265	14,593,011
Issue of share capital	217,873	$ 6,108	$ 15,067	196,698	0	0	0
Issue of share capital (in shares)		10,180	25,111
Conversion of preferred stock	0	$ (2,832)	$ 2,832	0	0	0	0
Conversion of preferred stock (in shares)		(4,720)	4,720
Buyback of preferred stock	(4,265)	$ (313)	$ 0	(3,952)	0	0	0
Buyback of preferred stock (in shares)		(521)	0
Net income	9,148,489	$ 0	$ 0	0	8,594,519	0	553,970
Exercise of options	514,082	$ 1,323	$ 38,012	474,747	0	0	0
Exercise of options (in shares)		2,204	63,355
Dividends declared	(4,404,150)	$ 0	$ 0	0	(4,404,150)	0	0
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(480,614)	0	0	0	0	(456,583)	(24,031)
Capital contribution	142,105	0	0	0	0	0	142,105
Stock-based compensation	246,473	0	0	246,473	0	0	0
Balance at Dec. 31, 2013	141,498,373	$ 22,445	$ 8,811,718	83,381,387	47,155,548	(471,983)	2,599,258
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2013		37,408	14,686,197
Issue of share capital	259,337	$ 3,574	$ 10,976	244,787	0	0	0
Issue of share capital (in shares)		5,957	18,294
Conversion of preferred stock	0	$ (2,854)	$ 2,854	0	0	0	0
Conversion of preferred stock (in shares)		(4,756)	4,756
Buyback of preferred stock	(13,662)	$ (1,093)	$ 0	(12,569)	0	0	0
Buyback of preferred stock (in shares)		(1,822)	0
Net income	6,764,540	$ 0	$ 0	0	6,265,358	0	499,182
Exercise of options	53,136	$ 32	$ 3,991	49,113	0	0	0
Exercise of options (in shares)		53	6,652
Dividends declared	(4,584,681)	$ 0	$ 0	0	(4,420,285)	0	(164,396)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(10,953)	0	0	0	0	(10,405)	(548)
Stock-based compensation	116,574	0	0	116,574	0	0	0
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	144,082,664	$ 22,104	$ 8,829,539	83,779,292	49,000,621	(482,388)	2,933,496
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		36,840	14,715,899
Issue of share capital	143,218	$ 5,169	$ 6,308	131,741	0	0	0
Issue of share capital (in shares)		8,615	10,514
Conversion of preferred stock	0	$ (4,317)	$ 4,317	0	0	0	0
Conversion of preferred stock (in shares)		(7,195)	7,195
Buyback of preferred stock	(6,014)	$ (449)	$ 0	(5,565)	0	0	0
Buyback of preferred stock (in shares)		(748)	0
Net income	7,925,494	$ 0	$ 0	0	7,518,701	0	406,793
Exercise of options	456,763	$ 775	$ 28,557	427,431	0	0	0
Exercise of options (in shares)		1,292	47,593
Dividends declared	(4,617,810)	$ 0	$ 0	0	(4,435,147)	0	(182,663)
Foreign currency translation adjustment	(53,660)	0	0	0	0	(50,977)	(2,683)
Stock-based compensation	264,450	0	0	264,450	0	0	0
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 148,195,105	$ 23,282	$ 8,868,721	$ 84,597,349	$ 52,084,175	$ (533,365)	$ 3,154,943
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		38,804	14,781,201

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$ 7,925,494	$ 6,764,540	$ 9,148,489
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	5,657,580	5,524,359	5,472,116
Amortization of other assets	179,353	179,353	179,353
Land lease	23,014	25,968	27,371
Provision for doubtful accounts	0	0	32,933
Compensation expense relating to stock and stock option grants	407,668	202,454	381,976
Net loss on disposal of fixed assets	32,566	77,495	14,562
Foreign currency transaction adjustment	420,641	107,839	245,684
Profit sharing and equity in earnings of OC-BVI	(399,668)	(414,755)	(1,337,352)
Impairment losses	1,060,000	860,000	200,000
Unrealized gain on marketable securities	0	0	(17,137)
Change in:
Accounts receivable and Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings	3,402,728	5,988,523	(6,387,462)
Inventory	(732,588)	(566,928)	(65,637)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	276,116	423,893	(137,563)
Accounts payable and other liabilities and Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings - construction project	(933,118)	(987,880)	1,622,611
Net cash provided by operating activities	17,319,786	18,184,861	9,379,944
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of certificate of deposit	(5,637,538)	(5,000,000)	0
Maturity of certificate of deposit	5,000,000	0	0
Additions to property, plant and equipment and construction in progress	(3,113,565)	(3,626,278)	(4,315,389)
Proceeds from sale of equipment	10,160	13,620	13,740
Distribution of earnings from OC-BVI	0	969,600	1,439,250
Collections on loans receivable	1,726,310	1,691,102	1,812,533
Sale of marketable securities	0	8,587,475	0
Payment for land held for development	0	(7,382,858)	(3,125,566)
Payment of land purchase obligation	0	(10,050,000)	0
Restriction on cash balance	(42,716)	(456,083)	0
Net cash used in investing activities	(2,057,349)	(15,253,422)	(4,175,432)
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid to CWCO common shareholders	(4,417,534)	(4,407,249)	(4,388,708)
Dividends paid to CWCO preferred shareholders	(11,881)	(11,528)	(10,383)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests	(201,473)	(164,396)	0
Repurchase of redeemable preferred stock	(6,014)	(13,077)	9,313
Proceeds received from exercise of stock options	456,763	52,551	500,505
Principal repayments of long term debt	0	(5,301,327)	(1,724,025)
Capital contribution from non-controlling interest	0	0	142,105
Proceeds received from demand loan payable	0	10,000,000	0
Repayments of demand loan payable	(2,000,000)	(1,000,000)	0
Net cash used in financing activities	(6,180,139)	(845,026)	(5,471,193)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash	(3,253)	760	542
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents	9,079,045	2,087,173	(266,139)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	35,713,689	33,626,516	33,892,655
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$ 44,792,734	$ 35,713,689	$ 33,626,516

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Principal activity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Operations [Text Block]

1. Principal activity

Consolidated Water Co. Ltd., and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) use reverse osmosis technology to produce potable water from seawater. The Company processes and supplies water to its customers in the Cayman Islands, Belize, The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands and Indonesia. The Company sells water to a variety of customers, including public utilities, commercial and tourist properties, residential properties and government facilities. The base price of water supplied by the Company, and adjustments thereto, are determined by the terms of a retail license and bulk water supply contracts which provide for adjustments based upon the movement in the government price indices specified in the license and contracts as well as monthly adjustments for changes in the cost of energy. The Company also provides engineering and design services for water plant construction, and manages and operates water plants owned by others.

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Accounting policies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

2. Accounting policies

Basis of preparation: The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and the fair value of the Company’s investment in its affiliate. Actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

Basis of consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s (i) wholly-owned subsidiaries, Aquilex, Inc., Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”), Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited (“CW-Belize”), Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OC-Cayman”), DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”), Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”); and (ii) majority-owned subsidiaries Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (“CW-Bahamas”), Consolidated Water (Asia) Pte. Limited, PT Consolidated Water Bali (“CW-Bali”) and N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”). The Company’s investment in its affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”), is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Foreign currency: The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollar (“US$”). The functional currency of the Company and its foreign operating subsidiaries (other than NSC and CW-Cooperatief) is the currency for each respective country. The functional currency for NSC is the US$. The exchange rates between the Cayman Islands dollar, the Belize dollar, the Bahamian dollar are fixed to the US$. CW-Cooperatief conducts business in US$ and euros, CW-Bali conducts business in US$ and Indonesian rupiahs, and NSC conducts business in US$ and Mexican pesos. The exchange rates for conversion of euros, rupiahs and Mexican pesos into US$ vary based upon market conditions. Net foreign currency gains (losses) arising from transactions conducted in foreign currencies were ($485,291), ($111,409) and ($197,396) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and are included in “Other income (expense)” in the consolidated statements of income.

Comprehensive income: Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income (loss) is the total of net income and other comprehensive income (loss) which, for the Company, is comprised entirely of foreign currency translation adjustments related to CW-Bali.

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits at banks and highly liquid deposits at banks with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 include $13.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of certificates of deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had deposits in U.S. banks in excess of federally insured limits of approximately $1.9 million. As of December 31, 2015, the Company held cash in foreign bank accounts of approximately $44.4 million.

Transfers from the Company’s Bahamas and Belize bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of the Bahamas and Belize, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the equivalent United States dollar cash balances for deposits held in the Bahamas and Belize were approximately $23.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The $23.2 million Bahamas balance includes the Company’s certificate of deposit balance of approximately $5.6 million.

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts: Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts based on meter readings or minimum take-or-pay amounts per contractual agreements. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience and monthly review of delinquent accounts. Past due balances are reviewed individually for collectability and disconnection. Account balances are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered by management to be remote.

Inventory: Inventory primarily includes consumables stock and spare parts stock that are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on the first-in, first-out basis. Inventory also includes potable water held in the Company’s reservoirs. The carrying amount of the water inventory is the lower of the average cost of producing water during the year or its net realizable value.

Loans receivable: Loans receivable relate to notes receivable from customers arising from the construction and sale of water desalination plants. The allowance for loan losses, if any, is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing loans and is determined on an individual loan basis.

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using a straight line method with an allowance for estimated residual values. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Buildings	5 to 40 years
Plant and equipment	4 to 40 years
Distribution system	3 to 40 years
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 10 years
Vehicles	3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of 5 years or lease term
Lab equipment	5 to 10 years

Additions to property, plant and equipment are comprised of the cost of the contracted services, direct labor and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of the projects. Depreciation commences in the month the asset is placed in service.

Long-lived assets: Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.

Construction in progress: Interest costs directly attributable to the acquisition and construction of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to be ready for their intended use, are added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for use. No interest was capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 or 2013.

Goodwill and intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess cost over the fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values and reviewed periodically for impairment. The Company evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill annually as part of its reporting process for the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. Management identifies the Company’s reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares the fair value to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company estimated the fair value of its reporting units by applying the discounted cash flow method, the subject company stock price method, the guideline public company method, and the mergers and acquisitions method.

The discounted cash flow method relied upon seven-year discrete projections of operating results, working capital and capital expenditures, along with a terminal value subsequent to the discrete period. These seven-year projections were based upon historical and anticipated future results, general economic and market conditions, and considered the impact of planned business and operational strategies. The discount rates for the calculations represented the estimated cost of capital for market participants at the time of each analysis. In preparing these seven-year projections for its retail unit, the Company (i) identified possible outcomes of its on-going negotiations with the Cayman Islands government for the renewal of its retail license; (ii) estimated the cash flows associated with each possible outcome; and (iii) assigned a probability to each outcome and associated estimated cash flows. The weighted average estimated cash flows were then summed to determine the overall fair value of the retail unit under this method. The possible outcomes used for the discounted cash flow method for the retail unit included the implementation of a rate of return on invested capital model, the methodology proposed by Cayman Islands government representatives for the new retail license.

 

The Company also estimated the fair value of each of its reporting units for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 through reference to the quoted market prices for the Company and guideline companies and the market multiples implied by guideline merger and acquisition transactions.

The Company weighted the fair values estimated for each of its reporting units under each method and summed such weighted fair values to estimate the overall fair value for each reporting unit. The respective weightings the Company applied to each method as of December 31, 2015 were consistent with those used as of December 31, 2014 and were as follows:

	2015						2014
Method	Retail			Bulk			Retail			Bulk
Discounted cash flow		50	%		50	%		50	%		50	%
Subject company stock price		30	%		30	%		30	%		30	%
Guideline public company		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
Mergers and acquisitions		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 72% and 20%, respectively, as of December 31, 2015. The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 36% and 29%, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

The Company also performed an analysis reconciling the conclusions of value for its reporting units to its market capitalization at October 1, 2015. This reconciliation resulted in an implied control premium for our Company of 5%.

Investments: Investments where the Company does not exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds less than 20% of the voting stock are recorded at cost. The Company uses the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock where the Company holds 20% to 50% of the voting stock of the investee and has significant influence over its operating and financial policies but does not meet the criteria for consolidation. The Company recognizes impairment losses on declines in the fair value of the stock of investees that are other than temporary.

Other assets: Under the terms of CW-Bahamas’ contract with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas to supply water from its Blue Hills desalination plant, CW-Bahamas was required to reduce the amount of water lost by the public water distribution system on New Providence Island, The Bahamas, over a one year period by 438 million gallons, a requirement CW Bahamas met during 2007. The Company was solely responsible for the engineering, labor and materials costs incurred to effect the reduction in lost water, which were capitalized and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the original remaining life of the Blue Hills contract. Such costs are included in other assets and aggregated approximately $3.5 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Accumulated amortization for these costs was approximately $1.6 million and $1.4 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Other liabilities: Other liabilities consist of security deposits received from large customers as security for trade receivables.

Income taxes: The Company accounts for the income taxes arising from the operations of its United States subsidiary, Aquilex, Inc., under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to the extent any deferred tax asset may not be realized.

CW-Belize is liable for business and corporate income taxes. Under the terms of its water supply agreement with Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), its sole customer, CW-Belize is reimbursed by BWSL for all taxes that it is required to pay and records this reimbursement as an offset to its tax expense.

Other than Bali, Indonesia, the Company is not presently subject to income taxes in the other countries in which it operates.

Plant construction revenue and cost of plant construction revenue: The Company recognizes revenue and related costs as work progresses on fixed price contracts for the construction of desalination plants to be sold to third parties using the percentage-of-completion method, which relies on contract revenue and estimates of total expected costs. The Company follows this method since it can make reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various stages of a contract. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company records revenue and recognizes profit or loss as work on the contract progresses. The Company estimates total project costs and profit to be earned on each long term, fixed price contract prior to commencement of work on the contract and updates these estimates as work on the contract progresses. The cumulative amount of revenue recorded on a contract at a specified point in time is that percentage of total estimated revenue that incurred costs to date comprises of estimated total contract costs. If, as work progresses, the actual contract costs exceed estimates, the profit recognized on revenue from that contract decreases. The Company recognizes the full amount of any estimated loss on a contract at the time the estimates indicate such a loss. Any costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings are classified as current assets. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, if any, are classified as current liabilities.

The Company assumes the risk that the costs associated with constructing the plant may be greater than it anticipated in preparing its bid. However, the terms of each of the sales contracts with its customers require the Company to guarantee the sales price for the plant at the bid amount. Because the Company bases its contracted sales price in part on its estimation of future construction costs, the profitability of its plant sales is dependent on its ability to estimate these costs accurately. The cost estimates the Company prepares in connection with the construction of plants to be sold to third parties are subject to inherent uncertainties. The cost of materials and construction may increase significantly after the Company submits its bid for a plant due to factors beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the profit margin for a plant to be less than the Company anticipated when the bid was made. The profit margin the Company initially expects to generate from a plant sale could be further affected by other factors, such as hydro-geologic conditions at the plant site that differ materially from those the Company believes exists, and therefore relies upon, in preparing its bid.

Revenue from water sales: The Company recognizes revenues from water sales at the time water is supplied to the customer’s facility or storage tank. The amount of water supplied is determined based upon water meter readings performed at the end of each month. Under the terms of both its license agreement with the government of the Cayman Islands and its bulk water supply contracts, the Company is entitled to charge its customers the greater of a minimum monthly charge or the price for water supplied during the month.

Comparative amounts: Certain amounts presented in the financial statements previously issued for 2014 and 2013 have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2014 totaling approximately $1.1 million relating to costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings – construction project were reclassified from investing activities to operating activities. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2013 as effect of exchange rate changes on cash totaling approximately $364,000 were reclassified to operating activities.

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Cash and cash equivalents

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Cash and Cash Equivalents Disclosure [Text Block]

3. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents are not restricted by the terms of the Company’s bank accounts as to withdrawal or use. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the equivalent United States dollars are denominated in the following currencies:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Bank accounts:
United States dollar	$	10,961,159	$	7,809,107
Cayman Islands dollar		10,590,207		4,274,025
Bahamian dollar		1,983,236		6,822,761
Belize dollar		4,213,923		3,658,705
Bermudian dollar		4,571		5,507
Mexican Peso		27,872		53,203
Euro		23,819		30,291
Singapore dollar		25,879		27,641
Indonesian Rupiah		40,483		78,991
		27,871,149		22,760,231
Short term deposits:
United States dollar		1,307,337		474,728
Bahamian dollar		15,614,248		12,478,730
		16,921,585		12,953,458
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	44,792,734	$	35,713,689

Transfers from the Company’s Bahamas and Belize bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of the Bahamas and Belize, respectively.

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Accounts receivable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Loans, Notes, Trade and Other Receivables Disclosure [Text Block]

4. Accounts receivable

	December 31
	2015		2014
Trade accounts receivable	$	8,235,514	$	10,722,177
Receivable – construction project		521,250		415,305
Receivable from OC-BVI		45,118		49,154
Other accounts receivable		920,472		780,446
		9,722,354		11,967,082
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(193,338)		(193,338)
	$	9,529,016	$	11,773,744

The activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of:

	December 31
	2015		2014
Opening allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	223,043
Provision for doubtful accounts		-		-
Accounts written off during the year		-		(29,705)
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	193,338

Significant concentrations of credit risk are disclosed in Note 20.

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Inventory

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventory Disclosure [Text Block]

5. Inventory

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Water stock	$	27,670	$	38,353
Consumables stock		152,350		204,180
Spare parts stock		6,297,082		5,736,826
Total inventory		6,477,102		5,979,359
Less current portion		1,918,728		1,738,382
Inventory (non-current)	$	4,558,374	$	4,240,977

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Loans receivable

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Financing Receivables [Text Block]

6. Loans receivable

	December 31,
	2015		2014
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.	$	4,678,355	$	5,831,504
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.		932,512		1,505,673
Total loans receivable		5,610,867		7,337,177
Less current portion		1,841,851		1,726,310
Loans receivable, excluding current portion	$	3,769,016	$	5,610,867

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Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Land	$	3,223,361	$	3,223,361
Buildings		18,437,758		18,462,770
Plant and equipment		63,733,553		61,679,293
Distribution system		31,726,766		31,481,048
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment		3,210,819		3,159,699
Vehicles		1,384,294		1,273,803
Leasehold improvements		260,519		260,519
Lab equipment		157,851		28,743
		122,134,921		119,569,236
Less accumulated depreciation		68,391,751		63,172,248
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988
Construction in progress	$	1,928,610	$	1,900,016

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had outstanding capital commitments of $563,551. The Company maintains insurance for loss or damage to all fixed assets that it deems susceptible to loss. The Company does not insure its underground distribution system as the Company considers the possibility of material loss or damage to this system to be remote. During the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, $2,694,733 and $2,693,622, respectively, of construction in progress was placed in service. Depreciation expense was $5,501,491, $5,355,771, and $5,113,589 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Investment in OC-BVI

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]

Equity Method Investments Disclosure [Text Block]

8. Investment in OC-BVI

The Company owns 50% of the outstanding voting common shares and a 43.53% equity interest in the profits of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”). The Company also owns certain profit sharing rights in OC-BVI that raise its effective interest in the profits of OC-BVI to approximately 45%. Pursuant to a management services agreement, OC-BVI pays the Company monthly fees for certain engineering and administrative services. OC-BVI’s sole customer is the Ministry of Communications and Works of the Government of the British Virgin Islands (the “Ministry”) to which it sells bulk water.

 

The Company’s equity investment in OC-BVI amounted to $4,548,271 and $5,208,603 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

Until 2009, substantially all of the water sold by OC-BVI to the Ministry was supplied by one desalination plant with a capacity of 1.7 million gallons per day located at Baughers Bay, Tortola (the “Baughers Bay plant”). As discussed later in this Note (see “Baughers Bay litigation”), the BVI government assumed the operating responsibilities for the Baughers Bay plant in March 2010. During 2007, OC-BVI completed the construction of a desalination plant with a capacity of 720,000 gallons per day located at Bar Bay, Tortola (the “Bar Bay plant”). OC-BVI began selling water to the Ministry from this plant in January 2009 and on March 4, 2010, OC-BVI and the BVI government executed a seven-year contract for the Bar Bay plant (the “Bar Bay agreement”). Under the terms of the Bar Bay agreement, OC-BVI delivers up to 600,000 gallons of water per day to the BVI government from the Bar Bay plant. The Bar Bay agreement includes a seven-year extension option exercisable by the BVI government and required OC-BVI to complete a storage reservoir on a BVI government site by no later than March 4, 2011. OC-BVI has not commenced construction of this storage reservoir due to the BVI government’s failure to pay (i) the full amount of invoices for the water provided by the Bar Bay plant on a timely basis; and (ii) the full amount ordered pursuant to a court ruling relating to the Baughers Bay litigation(see discussion that follows).

 

Summarized financial information for OC-BVI is as follows:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current assets	$	4,323,792	$	2,547,542
Non-current assets		4,682,650		5,297,904
Total assets	$	9,006,442	$	7,845,446

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current liabilities	$	584,116	$	427,269
Non-current liabilities		1,650,252		1,393,200
Total liabilities	$	2,234,368	$	1,820,469

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenues	$	4,143,882	$	4,679,829	$	4,711,091
Cost of revenues		2,261,973		2,833,007		2,886,820
Gross profit		1,881,909		1,846,822		1,824,271
General and administrative expenses		958,364		940,072		957,743
Income from operations		923,545		906,750		866,528
Other income (expense), net (1)		(176,448)		(188,751)		1,411,932
Net income		747,097		717,999		2,278,460
Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		70,854		21,045		27,793
Net income attributable to controlling interests	$	676,243	$	696,954	$	2,250,667

(1)   Other income (expense), net, includes $2,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013 in award amounts received under the Court ruling for the Baughers Bay litigation.

The Company recognized $294,369, $303,380 and $979,716 in earnings from its equity investment in OC-BVI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The Company recognized $105,300, $111,375 and $357,636 in profit sharing income from its profit sharing agreement with OC-BVI for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

 

For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, the Company recognized $528,346, $747,340, and $784,626, respectively, in revenues from sales of consumable stock and its management services agreement with OC-BVI, which is included in services revenues in the accompanying consolidated statement of income. Amounts payable by OC-BVI to the Company were $23,803 and $33,707 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company’s remaining unamortized balance recorded for this management services agreement, which is reflected as an intangible asset on the consolidated balance sheet, was approximately $106,000 and $196,000 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively (see Note 10).

Baughers Bay Litigation

Under the terms of a water supply agreement dated May 1990 (the “1990 Agreement”) between OC-BVI and the Government of the British Islands (the “BVI Government”), upon the expiration of its initial seven-year term in May 1999, the 1990 Agreement would automatically be extended for another seven-year term unless the BVI government provided notice, at least eight months prior to such expiration, of its decision to purchase the plant from OC-BVI at the agreed upon amount under the 1990 Agreement of approximately $1.42 million. In correspondence between the parties from late 1998 through early 2000, the BVI government indicated that it intended to purchase the plant but would be amenable to negotiating a new water supply agreement, and that it considered the 1990 Agreement to be in force on a monthly basis until negotiations between the BVI government and OC-BVI were concluded. Occasional discussions were held between the parties since 2000 without resolution of the matter. OC-BVI continued to supply water from the plant and expended approximately $4.7 million between 1995 and 2003 to significantly expand the production capacity of the plant beyond that contemplated in the 1990 Agreement.

 

In 2006, the BVI government took the position that the seven-year extension of the 1990 Agreement had been completed and that it was entitled to ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. In response, OC-BVI disputed the BVI government’s contention that the original terms of the 1990 Agreement remained in effect. 

During 2007, the BVI government significantly reduced the amount and frequency of its payments for the water being supplied by OC-BVI and filed a lawsuit with the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (the “Court”) seeking ownership of the Baughers Bay plant. OC-BVI counterclaimed to the Court that it was entitled to continued possession and operation of the Baughers Bay plant until the BVI government paid OC-BVI approximately $4.7 million, which OC-BVI believed represented the value of the Baughers Bay plant at its expanded production capacity. OC-BVI subsequently filed claims with the Court seeking payment for water sold and delivered to the BVI government through May 31, 2009 at the contract prices in effect before the BVI government asserted its purported right of ownership of the plant.

The Court ruled on this litigation in 2009, determining that (i) the BVI government was entitled to immediate ownership and possession of the Baughers Bay plant and dismissed OC-BVI’s claim for compensation of approximately $4.7 million for the expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the plant; (ii) OC-BVI was entitled to full payment of water invoices issued up to December 20, 2007, which had been calculated under the terms of the original 1990 Agreement; and (iii) OC-BVI was entitled to the amount of $10.4 million for water produced by OC-BVI from the Baughers Bay plant subsequent to December 20, 2007. The BVI government made a payment of $2.0 million to OC-BVI under the Court order during the fourth quarter of 2009, a second payment of $2.0 million under the Court order during 2010 and a third payment under the Court order of $1.0 million in 2011.

 

OC-BVI filed an appeal with the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals (the “Appellate Court”) in October 2009 asking the Appellate Court to review the September 17, 2009 ruling by the Court as it related to OC-BVI’s claim for compensation for expenditures made to expand the production capacity of the Baughers Bay plant. In October 2009, the BVI government also filed an appeal with the Appellate Court requesting the Appellate Court to reduce the $10.4 million awarded by the Court to OC-BVI for water supplied subsequent to December 20, 2007 to an amount equal to the cost of producing such water.

 

In March 2010, OC-BVI vacated the Baughers Bay plant and the BVI government assumed direct responsibility for the plant’s operations.

In June 2012, the Appellate Court issued the final ruling with respect to the Baughers Bay litigation. This ruling dismissed the BVI government’s appeal against the previous judgment of the Court awarding $10.4 million for the water supplied, and also awarded OC-BVI compensation for improvements made to the plant in the amount equal to the difference between (i) the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date OC-BVI transferred possession of the plant to the BVI government and (ii) $1.42 million (the purchase price for the Baughers Bay plant under the 1990 Agreement). OC-BVI was also awarded all of its court costs at the trial level and two-thirds of such costs incurred on appeal. Prior to the final ruling, the BVI government had paid only $5.0 of the original $10.4 million, and the remaining $5.4 million amount due had increased to approximately $6.7 million by the fourth quarter of 2012 due to the court costs awarded by the Appellate Court and the accrued interest due on the aggregate unpaid balance. The BVI government paid OC-BVI $4.7 million of this amount during the fourth quarter of 2012 and the remaining $2.0 million in January 2013. These amounts paid by the BVI government were recognized in OC-BVI’s earnings in the periods in which they were received. To date, OC-BVI and the BVI government have not reached an agreement on the value of the plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government. However, during the first quarter of 2015, OC-BVI and the BVI government appointed a mutually approved appraiser to complete a valuation of the Baughers Bay plant in accordance with the Appellate Court ruling, and such valuation is presently in process.

 

Valuation of Investment in OC-BVI

The Company accounts for its investment in OC-BVI under the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock. This method requires recognition of a loss on an equity investment that is other than temporary, and indicates that a current fair value of an equity investment that is less than its carrying amount may indicate a loss in the value of the investment.

As a quoted market price for OC-BVI’s stock is not available, to test for possible impairment of its investment in OC-BVI, the Company estimates its fair value through the use of the discounted cash flow method, which relies upon projections of OC-BVI’s operating results, working capital and capital expenditures. The use of this method requires the Company to estimate OC-BVI’s cash flows from (i) the Bar Bay agreement and (ii) the pending amount awarded by the Appellate Court for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

The Company estimates the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from its Bar Bay agreement by (i) identifying various possible future scenarios for this agreement, which include the cancellation of the agreement after its initial seven-year term, and the exercise by the BVI government of the seven-year extension in the agreement; (ii) estimating the cash flows associated with each possible scenario; and (iii) assigning a probability to each scenario. The Company similarly estimates the cash flows OC-BVI will receive from the BVI government for the amount due under the ruling by the Appellate Court for the value of the Baughers Bay plant at the date it was transferred to the BVI government by assigning probabilities to different valuation scenarios. The resulting probability-weighted sum represents the expected cash flows, and the Company’s best estimate of future cash flows, to be derived by OC-BVI from its Bar Bay agreement and the pending Appellate Court award.

The identification of the possible scenarios for the Bar Bay plant agreement and the Baughers Bay plant valuation, the projections of cash flows for each scenario, and the assignment of relative probabilities to each scenario all represent significant estimates made by the Company. While the Company uses its best judgment in identifying these possible scenarios, estimating the expected cash flows for these scenarios and assigning relative probabilities to each scenario, these estimates are by their nature highly subjective and are also subject to material change by the Company’s management over time based upon new information or changes in circumstances.

As of December 31, 2014, the Company determined that the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded an impairment charge of $860,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2014.

As of March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, after updating its probability-weighted estimates of OC-BVI’s future cash flows and its resulting estimate of the fair value of its investment in OC-BVI, the Company determined that the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI exceeded its fair value and recorded impairment losses on this investment of $310,000, $275,000, $225,000 and $250,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015, and December 31, 2015, respectively. The resulting carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI of approximately $4.5 million as of December 31, 2015 assumes that the BVI government will honor its obligations under the Bar Bay agreement and also assumes (on a probability-weighted basis) that (i) the BVI government will exercise its option to extend the Bar Bay agreement for seven years beyond its initial term, which expires March 4, 2017, and (ii) OC-BVI will receive the pending amount (as estimated by the Company) awarded by the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeals for the value of the Baughers Bay plant previously transferred by OC-BVI to the BVI government.

 

The $4.5 million carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI as of December 31, 2015 exceeds the Company’s underlying equity in OC-BVI’s net assets by approximately $900,000. The Company accounts for this excess as goodwill. The BVI government is OC-BVI’s sole customer and substantially all of OC-BVI’s revenues are generated from its Bar Bay plant. As the Bar Bay agreement matures to its March 4, 2017 expiration date, and OC-BVI receives the pending court award amount assumed due for the value of the Baughers Bay plant, OC-BVI’s expected future cash flows, and therefore its fair value computed under the discounted cash flow method, will decrease. Unless OC-BVI obtains an extension or modification of its Bar Bay agreement that results in a significant increase in the estimated future cash flows from its Bar Bay plant, the Company will be required to record impairment losses during 2016 to reduce the carrying value of its investment in OC-BVI to its then current fair value. These impairment losses will, in the aggregate, at least equal the underlying $900,000 in goodwill reflected in the carrying value of the Company’s investment in OC-BVI. The losses the Company records for its investment in OC-BVI in the future will exceed this $900,000 if OC-BVI ultimately ceases operations at its Bar Bay plant, as OC-BVI will be required to record an impairment loss to reduce the carrying value of its Bar Bay plant to its then estimated fair value. OC-BVI’s aggregate carrying value of the assets that comprise its Bar Bay plant was approximately $4.4 million as of December 31, 2015. Future impairment losses for the Company’s investment in OC-BVI and the Company’s equity in any future operating losses incurred by OC-BVI could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

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N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V.

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments In and Advances To Affiliates, Schedule Of Investments [Abstract]

Investments in and Advances to Affiliates, Schedule of Investments [Text Block]

9. N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V.

In May 2010, the Company acquired, through its wholly-owned Netherlands subsidiary, CW-Cooperatief, a 50% interest in NSC, a development stage Mexican company. The Company has since purchased, through the conversion of a loan it made to NSC, sufficient shares to raise its ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. NSC was formed to pursue a project (the “Project”) that originally encompassed the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and accompanying pipelines to deliver water to the Mexican potable water system. As discussed in paragraphs that follow, during 2015 the scope of the Project was defined by the State of Baja, California to consist of a first phase consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and a pipeline that connects only to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase consisting of an additional 50 million gallons of production capacity. 

Since its inception NSC has engaged engineering groups with extensive regional and/or technical experience to prepare preliminary designs and cost estimates for the desalination plant and the proposed pipeline and prepare the environmental impact studies for local, state and federal regulatory agencies, and has also acquired the land, performed pilot plant and feed water source testing, and evaluated financing alternatives for the Project.

NSC entered into a purchase contract for 8.1 hectares of land on which the proposed plant would be constructed and in 2012 obtained an extension of this purchase contract through May 15, 2014 in exchange for prepayments of (i) $500,000 paid at signing of the extension and (ii) a further $500,000 paid in May 2013. NSC paid $7.4 million in May 2014 to complete this land purchase. In 2013, NSC purchased an additional 12 hectares of land for the project for $12 million, of which $2 million was paid. NSC paid the remaining $10 million balance for this land purchase on May 15, 2014.

In 2012 and 2013, NSC conducted an equipment piloting plant and water data collection program at the proposed feed water source for the Project under a Memorandum of Understanding (the “EPC MOU”) with a global engineering, procurement and construction contractor for large seawater desalination plants. Under the EPC MOU, the contractor installed and operated an equipment piloting plant and collected water quality data from the proposed feed water source site in Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico. The EPC MOU required that NSC negotiate exclusively with the contractor for the construction of the 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant, and further required payment by NSC to the contractor of up to $500,000 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the equipment piloting plant should NSC not award the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the Project to the contractor. This first phase of the pilot plant testing program was completed in October 2013. NSC decided not to extend the EPC MOU beyond its February 2014 expiration date and NSC paid the contractor $350,000 during the three months ended March 31, 2014 as compensation for the operation and maintenance of the pilot plant.

 

Based upon the original scope of the Project,  NSC signed a letter of intent with Otay Water District in Southern California in November 2012 to deliver no less than 20 million and up to 40 million gallons of water per day from the Project’s plant to the Otay Water District at the border between Mexico and the U.S. On November 25, 2013, Otay Water District submitted an application to the Department of State of the United States of America for a Presidential Permit authorizing the construction, connection, operation and importation of desalinated seawater at the international boundary between the United States and Mexico in San Diego County, California. The Company understands that this application is currently being reviewed by the relevant authorities. However, in discussions held in 2015, Mexican federal and state water regulators have indicated to the Company that it is not likely that water produced by the Project would be approved by such regulators for direct sale by NSC to U.S. customers such as the Otay Water District. Instead any additional water ultimately provided to the United States as either a direct or indirect result of the Project would be arranged through third party agreements with Mexican governmental agencies and delivered by the means such agencies deem appropriate, which may or may not include a pipeline from the Project’s plant to the U.S. border.

In November 2012, NSC entered into a lease with an effective term of 20-years from the date of full operation of the desalination plant, with the Comisión Federal de Electricidad for approximately 5,000 square meters of land on which it plans to construct the water intake and discharge works for the plant. The amounts due on this lease are payable in Mexican pesos at an amount that is currently equivalent to approximately $20,000 per month. This lease is cancellable should NSC ultimately not proceed with the Project.

In August 2014, the State of Baja California enacted new legislation to regulate Public-Private Association projects which involve the type of long-term contract between a public sector authority and a private party that NSC is seeking to complete the Project. Pursuant to this new legislation, on January 4, 2015, NSC submitted an expression of interest for its project to the Secretary of Infrastructure and Urban Development of the State of Baja California (“SIDUE”). On January 23, 2015, SIDUE accepted NSC’s expression of interest and requested that NSC submit a detailed proposal for the Project that complies with requirements of the new legislation. NSC submitted this detailed proposal (the “APP Proposal”) to SIDUE in late March 2015. The new legislation requires that such proposal be evaluated by SIDUE and submitted to the Public-Private Association Projects State Committee (the “APP Committee”) for review and authorization. If the Project is authorized the State of Baja California (the “State”) is required to conduct a public tender for the Project.

In response to its APP Proposal, in September 2015 NSC received a letter dated June 30, 2015 from the Director General of the Comisión Estatal de Agua de Baja California (“CEA”), the State agency with responsibility for the Project. In this letter, CEA stated that (i) in its opinion, the Project is in the public interest with high social benefits and is consistent with the objectives of the State Development Plan and (ii) that the Project should proceed and the required public tender should be conducted. On November 6, 2015, the State officially commenced the tender for the Project, the scope of which the State has defined as a first phase to be operational in 2019 consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and a pipeline that connects to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase to be operational in 2024 consisting of an additional 50 million gallons per day of production capacity. The State has set March 23, 2016 as the tender submission date. The State tendering process requires that prospective bidders provide certain legal, technical and financial qualifications in order to obtain the tender documents. NSC provided its qualifications, was deemed qualified by the State and obtained the tender documents, and plans to submit its tender on or before the March 23, 2016 deadline.

The Company has acknowledged since the inception of the Project that, due to the amount of capital the Project requires, NSC will ultimately need an equity partner or partners for the Project. During the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company concluded that its chances of successfully completing the Project under the new Public-Private Association legislation would be greatly enhanced through the addition of an equity partner for NSC with substantial financial resources and a history of successful capital project investments in Mexico. In March 2015, NSC entered into a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with such a potential partner. Pursuant to the LOI, (i) NSC agreed to sell the land and other Project assets to a new company (“Newco”) that would build and own the Project; (ii) NSC’s potential partner would provide the majority of the equity for the Project and thereby would own the majority interest in Newco; (iii) NSC would maintain a minority ownership position in Newco; and (iv) Newco would enter into a long-term management and technical services contract with NSC for the Project. The LOI is no longer valid, as its terms were applicable if and only if NSC and its potential partner were awarded the Project by early March 2016. However, the Company expects NSC’s tender submitted to the State will be based upon an agreement with one or more equity partners on terms similar to those set forth in the LOI.

 

Included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations are general and administrative expenses from NSC, consisting of organizational, legal, accounting, engineering, consulting and other costs relating to NSC’s project development activities. Such expenses amounted to $2.2 million, $3.7 million, and $3.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The assets and liabilities of NSC included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets amounted to approximately $22.0 million and $488,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2015 and approximately $22.0 million and $214,000, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

The Company expects to incur additional project development costs on behalf of NSC during 2016.

Despite the expenditures the Company has made and the activities it has completed to date, upon completion of the tender process the State may award the Project to a party other than NSC, or the State may cancel the tender process. If NSC is not awarded the Project, the land NSC has purchased may lose its strategic importance as the site for the Project and consequently may decline in value. If NSC is not awarded the Project NSC may ultimately be unable to sell this land for amount equal to or in excess of its current carrying value of $20.6 million, and any loss on sale of the land, or impairment charge the Company may be required to record as a result of a decrease in the fair value of the land, could have a material adverse impact on its results of operations.

NSC Litigation

Immediately following CW-Cooperatief’s acquisition of its initial 50% ownership in NSC, the remaining 50% ownership interest in NSC was held by an unrelated company, Norte Sur Agua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NSA”). NSA subsequently transferred ownership of half of its shares in NSC to EWG Water LLC and the other half of its shares in NSC to an individual (the “individual shareholder”). In February 2012, the Company paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option Agreement”) that provided it with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of NSC owned by the individual shareholder, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. Such shares constituted 25% of the ownership of NSC as of February 2012. In May 2013, NSC repaid a $5.7 million loan payable to CW-Cooperatief by issuing additional shares of its stock. As a result of this share issuance to CW-Cooperatief, the Company acquired 99.9% of the ownership of NSC. The Option Agreement contained an anti-dilution provision that required the Company to issue new shares in NSC of an amount sufficient to maintain the individual shareholder’s 25% ownership interest in NSC if (i) any new shares of NSC were issued subsequent to the execution of the Option Agreement and (ii) the Company did not exercise its share purchase option by February 7, 2014. The Company exercised its option and paid the $1.0 million to the individual shareholder to purchase the Option Agreement shares in February 2014.

In October 2015, the Company learned that EWG has filed a lawsuit against the individual shareholder, NSC, NSA, CW-Cooperatief, Ricardo del Monte Nunez, Carlos Eduardo Ahumada Arruit, Luis de Angitia Becerra, and the Public Registry of Commerce of Tijuana, Baja California in the Civil Court located in Tecate, Baja California, Mexico. However, as of the date of the filing of this report, neither NSC nor CW-Cooperatief has been served with formal process for this lawsuit.

In this lawsuit, EWG is challenging the capital investment transactions that increased the Company’s ownership interest in NSC to 99.9%. EWG requested that the court, as a preliminary matter: (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records; and (c) appoint an inspector for NSA and NSC to oversee its commercial activities. The court granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG.

Additionally, EWG is also seeking an order directing: (i) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief to refrain from carrying out any transactions with respect to the Project; and (ii) NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and the partners thereof, to refrain from transferring any interests in NSA, NSC and CW-Cooperatief. The court has not yet ruled on these requests.

The Company believes that the claims made by EWG are baseless and without merit, and will vigorously defend NSC and CW-Cooperatief in this litigation, and will seek dismissal of the orders entered by the court and all claims against NSC and CW-Cooperatief. Furthermore, on November 19, 2015, NSC and CW-Cooperatief filed a complaint in the United States District Court, Southern District of New York against EWG and its Managing Partner, based upon the Company’s conclusion that lawsuit filed by EWG in Mexico directly breaches a contract dated April 12, 2012 between NSC and CW-Cooperatief, and EWG. The Company is vigorously pursuing its claims and seeking relief pursuant to this complaint.

The Company cannot presently determine the outcome of this litigation. However, such litigation could adversely impact the Company’s efforts to complete the Project.

Mexico tax authority

The Mexico tax authority, the Servicio de Administracion Tributaria (“SAT”), assessed NSC for taxes relating to payments to foreign vendors on which the SAT contended should have been subject to income tax withholdings during NSC’s 2011 tax year. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the assessment and related penalties, surcharges, inflation adjustments and late fees totaled 7,367,875 Mexican pesos, respectively. Such assessments were equivalent to approximately $428,203 and $456,083 as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, based upon the exchange rate between the US$ and the Mexican peso as of those dates.

NSC retained the assistance of Mexican tax advisers in this matter, as it believed the assumptions and related work performed by the SAT did not support their tax assessment. As a result, NSC elected to contest this assessment in Mexico federal tax court. NSC was required to provide an irrevocable letter of credit which amounted to 7,367,875 Mexican pesos as of December 31, 2015 as collateral in connection with this tax case. The restricted cash balances of $428,203 and $456,083 included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, represents cash on deposit with a bank to secure payment of this irrevocable letter of credit.

In November 2014, NSC received a favorable judgment from the tax court. Based on this outcome, the SAT filed an appeal shortly thereafter to contest the judgment. On February 15, 2016, NSC received a favorable judgment from the appellate tax court.

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Intangible assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Intangible Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

10. Intangible assets

In 2003, as part of the acquisition of a group of companies, the Company acquired 100% of the outstanding voting common shares of DesalCo, which had an agreement to provide management and engineering services to OC-BVI. The Company attributed $856,356 of the purchase price of the acquisition to the value of this management services agreement, which has no expiration term. Initially the Company determined that this intangible asset had an indefinite life and therefore it was not amortized. However in 2010, as a result of the loss by OC-BVI of its Baughers Bay contract (see Note 8), the Company began amortizing this asset over the life of OC-BVI’s remaining seven-year water supply contract for its Bar Bay plant.

The carrying amount of the Belize Water Production and Supply Agreement is being amortized over the 23-year term of the agreement that expires in March 2026.

In February 2012, the Company paid $300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option agreement”) that provided it with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of one of the other shareholders of NSC, along with an immediate power of attorney to vote those shares, for $1.0 million. This $300,000 payment was capitalized and amortized over the option period.

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cost
Intangible asset management service agreement	$	856,356	$	856,356
Belize water production and supply agreement		1,522,419		1,522,419
Option agreement		-		300,000
		2,378,775		2,678,775
Accumulated amortization
Intangible asset management service agreement		(750,697)		(660,800)
Belize water production and supply agreement		(856,267)		(790,075)
Option agreement		-		(300,000)
		(1,606,964)		(1,750,875)
Intangible assets, net	$	771,811	$	927,900

Amortization of intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is expected to be as follows:

2016	$	156,757
2017		81,286
2018		66,192
2019		66,192
2020		66,192
Thereafter		335,192
	$	771,811

Amortization expense was $156,089, $168,588, and $358,527 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends [Text Block]

11. Dividends

Interim dividends declared on Class A common stock and redeemable preferred stock for each quarter of the respective years ended December 31 were as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
First Quarter	$	0.075	$	0.075	$	0.075
Second Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Third Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Fourth Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30

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Long term debt

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term Debt [Text Block]

12. Long term debt

Long term debt consists of the following:

 

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Demand loan payable with an original balance of $10.0 million, payable in quarterly installments of $500,000 with the remaining principal balance due on May 14, 2016 if not called by the lender; bearing interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%.	$	7,000,000	$	9,000,000
Total debt		7,000,000		9,000,000
Less current portion		7,000,000		9,000,000
Long term debt, excluding current portion	$	-	$	-

Substantially all of the Company assets owned by its Cayman Island subsidiaries are pledged as collateral for the $10.0 million demand loan payable.

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Share capital and additional paid-in capital

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity Note Disclosure [Text Block]

13. Share capital and additional paid-in capital

Shares of redeemable preferred stock (“preferred shares”) are issued under the Company’s Employee Share Incentive Plan (see Note 18) and carry the same voting and dividend rights as shares of common stock (“common shares”). Preferred shares vest over four years and convert to common stock on a share for share basis on the fourth anniversary of each grant date. Preferred shares are only redeemable with the Company’s agreement. Upon liquidation, preferred shares rank in preference to the common shares to the extent of the par value of the preferred shares and any related additional paid in capital.

The Company is a party to an Option Deed dated August 6, 1997, and amended on August 8, 2005, September 27, 2005 and May 30, 2007 (as amended, the “Option Deed”), designed to deter coercive takeover tactics. Pursuant to the Option Deed, the Company granted to the holders of its common shares and redeemable preferred shares options (the “Options”) to purchase one one-hundredth of a share of Class 'B' common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $100.00 per one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, subject to adjustment. The Options are attached to and trade with the Company’s common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and no separate certificates representing the Options have been distributed. The Options will separate from the Company’s common shares and redeemable preferred shares, and certificates representing the Options will be issued, upon the earlier of the date (such date, the “Distribution Date”) that is (i) ten business days following a public announcement that a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an “Acquiring Person”) has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding common shares, or (ii) ten business days following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer that would result in a person or group becoming an Acquiring Person.

The Options are not exercisable until the Distribution Date and will expire at the close of business on July 31, 2017, unless that date is extended or the Options are earlier redeemed by us. Additionally, following the Distribution Date, all Options that are, or in certain circumstances were, beneficially owned by any Acquiring Person will be null and void.

For a period of ten business days following the date that any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becomes an Acquiring Person, the Company will have the right to redeem the Options at a price of CI$0.01 per Option. If the Options are not redeemed, then following such ten business day period each holder of an Option will have the right to receive on exercise, in lieu of one one-hundredth of a Class 'B' common share, common shares of the Company (or, in certain circumstances, cash, property or other securities) having a value equal to two times the exercise price of the Option. For example, at an exercise price of $100.00 per Option, each Option not owned by an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becoming an Acquiring Person would entitle its holder to purchase $200.00 worth of the Company’s common shares for $100.00. Assuming that the common shares had a per share value of $20.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 10 common shares for $100.00.

Any of the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by the Company’s Board of Directors prior to the Distribution Date. After the Distribution Date, the provisions of the Option Deed may be amended by the Board of Directors in order to cure any ambiguity, to make changes which do not adversely affect the interests of holders of Options (excluding the interests of any Acquiring Person), or to shorten or lengthen any time period under the Option Deed. 

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Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Abstract]

Cost Of Revenues And General And Administrative Expenses [Text Block]

14. Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cost of revenues consist of:
Electricity	$	10,675,287	$	14,631,638	$	13,634,617
Depreciation		5,270,454		5,077,293		4,822,967
Fuel oil		4,974,421		8,726,195		10,106,409
Employee costs		4,669,445		4,630,609		4,422,093
Cost of plant sales		878,396		1,470,045		-
Maintenance		3,429,736		3,131,947		2,332,893
Retail license royalties		1,427,073		1,405,067		1,357,988
Insurance		1,187,097		1,397,799		1,499,201
Other		1,677,735		1,972,987		2,140,084
	$	34,189,644	$	42,443,580	$	40,316,252
General and administrative expenses consist of:
Employee costs	$	6,459,612	$	6,314,908	$	6,218,948
Insurance		802,386		923,089		969,370
Professional fees		941,193		1,424,927		1,005,495
Directors’ fees and expenses		754,145		686,228		752,044
Depreciation		218,032		278,478		290,622
NSC project expenses		2,168,408		3,702,332		3,158,309
Other		3,114,718		3,324,477		3,449,515
	$	14,458,494	$	16,654,439	$	15,844,303

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Earnings per share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

15. Earnings per share

Earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed on a basic and diluted basis. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (less preferred stock dividends) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common shares for all potential common shares outstanding during the reporting period and, if dilutive, the effect of stock options as computed under the treasury stock method.

The following summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted EPS:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$	7,518,701	$	6,265,358	$	8,594,519
Less: preferred stock dividends		(12,028)		(11,485)		(11,222)
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share	$	7,506,673	$	6,253,873	$	8,583,297
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,741,748		14,697,896		14,633,884
Plus:
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period		38,612		37,924		34,827
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants		47,395		28,503		35,169
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,827,755		14,764,323		14,703,880

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Segment information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Segment Reporting Disclosure [Text Block]

16. Segment information

The Company has three reportable segments: retail, bulk and services. The retail segment primarily operates the water utility for the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman Island pursuant to an exclusive license granted by the Cayman Islands government. The bulk segment supplies potable water to government utilities in Grand Cayman, The Bahamas and Belize under long-term contracts. The services segment designs, constructs and sells desalination plants to third parties and provides desalination plant management and operating services to affiliated companies. Consistent with prior periods, the Company records all non-direct general and administrative expenses in its retail business segment and does not allocate any of these non-direct costs to its other two business segments.

The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described in Note 2. The Company evaluates each segment’s performance based upon its income from operations. All intercompany transactions are eliminated for segment presentation purposes.

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.

	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	23,254,757	$	31,854,255	$	2,007,190	$	57,116,202
Cost of revenues		10,925,634		21,634,789		1,629,221		34,189,644
Gross profit (loss)		12,329,123		10,219,466		377,969		22,926,558
General and administrative expenses		10,713,687		1,605,943		2,138,864		14,458,494
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,615,436	$	8,613,523	$	(1,760,895)		8,468,064
Other income (expense), net								(542,570)
Net income								7,925,494
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								406,793
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	7,518,701

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2015 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,344,315, $3,389,717 and $102,901, respectively.

 

	As of December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,261,141	$	6,231,626	$	1,036,249	$	9,529,016
Property plant and equipment, net	$	25,204,226	$	28,421,906	$	117,038	$	53,743,170
Construction in progress	$	1,860,050	$	68,560	$	-	$	1,928,610
Goodwill	$	1,170,511	$	2,328,526	$	-	$	3,499,037
Land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	20,558,424	$	20,558,424
Total assets	$	54,603,249	$	83,284,439	$	23,729,010	$	161,616,698

	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	24,104,932	$	39,201,011	$	2,253,135	$	65,559,078
Cost of revenues		11,944,071		27,919,249		2,580,260		42,443,580
Gross profit (loss)		12,160,861		11,281,762		(327,125)		23,115,498
General and administrative expenses		11,183,731		1,605,499		3,865,209		16,654,439
Income (loss) from operations	$	977,130	$	9,676,263	$	(4,192,334)		6,461,059
Other income, net								303,481
Net income								6,764,540
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								499,182
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	6,265,358

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2014 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,404,404, $3,196,912 and $102,396, respectively.

	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	$	51,319,117	$	85,063,571	$	24,077,143	$	160,459,831

 

	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	23,018,498	$	39,960,220	$	843,413	$	63,822,131
Cost of revenues		10,956,904		28,279,088		1,080,260		40,316,252
Gross profit (loss)		12,061,594		11,681,132		(236,847)		23,505,879
General and administrative expenses		10,812,877		1,643,869		3,387,557		15,844,303
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,248,717	$	10,037,263	$	(3,624,404)		7,661,576
Other income, net								1,486,913
Net income								9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	8,594,519

Depreciation and amortization expenses for the year ended December 31, 2013 for the retail, bulk and services segments were $2,077,903, $3,281,231 and $292,335, respectively.

Revenues earned by major geographic region were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cayman Islands	$	32,735,215	$	35,040,803	$	31,164,165
Bahamas		21,062,081		26,702,605		29,192,529
Indonesia		368,012		471,919		144,030
Belize		2,422,547		2,596,410		2,536,780
Revenues earned from management services agreement with OC-BVI		528,347		747,341		784,627
	$	57,116,202	$	65,559,078	$	63,822,131

Revenues earned from major customers were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenues earned from the Water and Sewerage Corporation ("WSC")	$	20,770,347		$	26,376,520		$	28,861,195
Percentage of total revenues from the WSC		36	%		40	%		45	%
Revenues earned from the Water Authority - Cayman ("WAC")	$	8,369,627		$	9,901,996		$	8,230,912
Percentage of total revenues from the WAC		15	%		15	%		13	%

Property, plant and equipment, net by major geographic region were:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cayman Island operations	$	22,518,524	$	23,681,420
Bahamas operations		27,441,376		28,208,145
Belize operations		920,149		1,025,970
Indonesia operations		2,665,312		3,245,846
All other country operations		197,809		235,607
	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988

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Commitments and contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Text Block]

17. Commitments and contingencies

Commitments

As of December 31, 2015, the Company held operating leases for land, office space, warehouse space, and equipment. In addition to minimum lease payments, certain leases provide for payment of real estate taxes, insurance, common area maintenance, and certain other expenses. Lease terms may include escalating rent provisions and rent incentives. Minimum lease payments and rent incentives are expensed using a straight line method over the non-cancellable lease term, which expire at various dates through the year 2035.

The short-term and long-term components of deferred rent assets are included within prepaid expenses and other current assets, and other assets, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.

Future minimum lease payments under these non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

2016	$	717,874
2017		740,778
2018		753,303
2019		590,130
2020		490,244
Thereafter		3,160,724
	$	6,453,053

Total rental expense for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $821,845, $812,658, and $822,159, respectively, and is included within general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain executives, which expire through December 31, 2018 and provide for, among other things, base annual salaries in an aggregate amount of approximately $2.1 million, performance bonuses and various employee benefits.

The Company has purchase obligations totaling approximately $1.2 million through December 31, 2018.

Retail License

The Company sells water through its retail operations under a license issued in July 1990 by the Cayman Islands government that grants Cayman Water the exclusive right to provide potable water to customers within its licensed service area. As discussed below, this license was set to expire in July 2010 but has since been extended while negotiations for a new license take place. Pursuant to the license, Cayman Water has the exclusive right to produce potable water and distribute it by pipeline to its licensed service area which consists of two of the three most populated areas of Grand Cayman, the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company generated approximately 40%, 36% and 36%, respectively, of its consolidated revenues and 55% 53% and 52%, respectively, of its consolidated gross profits from the retail water operations conducted pursuant to Cayman Water’s exclusive license. As discussed later herein, if Cayman Water is not in default of any of its terms, this license provides Cayman Water with the right to renew the license on terms that are no less favorable than those that the government offers to any third party.

The license was scheduled to expire in July 2010 but has been extended several times by the Cayman Islands government in order to provide the parties with additional time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent extension of the license scheduled to expire on December 31, 2015; however, the Company has been informed by the WAC that its license will be extended through June 30, 2016 and that formal documentation of such extension is in process.

In February 2011, the Water (Production and Supply) Law, 2011 and the Water Authority (Amendment) Law, 2011 (the “New Laws”) were published and enacted. Under the New Laws, the WAC will issue any new license, and such new license could include a rate of return on invested capital model, as discussed in the following paragraph.

Following the enactment of the New Laws, the Company was advised in correspondence from the Cayman Islands government and the WAC that: (i) the WAC is now the principal negotiator, and not the Cayman Islands government, in these license negotiations, and (ii) the WAC has determined that a rate of return on invested capital model (“RCAM”) for the retail license is in the best interest of the public and Cayman Water’s customers. RCAM is the rate model currently utilized in the electricity transmission and distribution license granted by the Cayman Islands government to the Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. The Company responded to the Cayman Islands government that it disagreed with the government’s position on these two matters and negotiations for a new license temporarily ceased.

In July 2012, in an effort to resolve several issues relating to its retail license renewal negotiations, the Company filed an Application for Leave to Apply for Judicial Review (the “Application”) with the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”), seeking declarations that: (i) certain provisions of the New Laws appear to be incompatible and a determination as to how those provisions should be interpreted, (ii) the WAC’s roles as the principal license negotiator, statutory regulator and the Company’s competitor put the WAC in a position of hopeless conflict, and (iii) the WAC’s decision to replace the rate structure under the Company’s current exclusive license with RCAM was predetermined and unreasonable. In October 2012 the Company was notified that the Court agreed to consider the issues raised in the Application.

The hearing for this judicial review was held on April 1, 2014. Prior to the commencement of the hearing, the parties agreed that the Court should solely be concerned with the interpretation of the statutory provisions. As part of this agreement, the WAC agreed to consider our submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing. In June 2014, the Court determined that: (i) the renewal of the license does not require a public bidding process; and (ii) the WAC is the proper entity to negotiate with the Company for the renewal of the license.

The Company’s submissions on the RCAM model and/or alternative models of pricing were made to the WAC on June 9, 2014. The Company received a letter from the WAC dated September 11, 2014, which fully rejected the Company’s submissions and stated that they intend to provide the Company with a draft RCAM license in due course.

On November 21, 2014, the Company wrote to the Minister of Works offering to recommence license negotiations on the basis of the RCAM model subject to certain conditions which are: (i) the Government would undertake to amend the current water legislation to provide for an independent regulator and a fair and balanced regulatory regime more consistent with that provided under the electrical utility regulatory regime, (ii) the Government and the Company would mutually appoint an independent referee and chairman of the negotiations, (iii) the Company’s new license would provide exclusivity for the production and provision of all piped water, both potable and non-potable, within its Cayman Islands license area, (iv) the Government would allow the Company to submit its counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, and (v) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under a new license. On March 23 2015, the Company received a letter from the Minister of Works with the following responses to the Company’s November 21, 2014 letter: (1) while the Cayman government plans to create a new public utilities commission, the provision of the new retail license will not depend upon the formation of such a commission; (2) any consideration regarding inclusion of the exclusive right to sell non-potable water within the area covered by the retail license will not take place until after the draft license has proceeded through the review process of the negotiations; (3) rather than allow the Company to submit its counter proposal to the WAC’s June 2010 RCAM license draft, the WAC will draft the license with the understanding that the Company will be allowed to propose amendments thereto; (4) the principle of subsidization of residential customer rates by commercial customer rates would continue under the new license; and (5) a request that the Company consider eliminating its monthly minimum volume charge in the new license.

The Company recommenced license negotiations with the WAC during the third quarter of 2015 based upon a draft RCAM license provided by the WAC. Such license negotiations remain on-going. The Company is presently unable to determine when such negotiations will be completed or the final outcome of such negotiations.

The Cayman Islands government could ultimately offer a third party a license to service some or all of Cayman Water’s present service area. However, as set forth in the existing license, “the Governor hereby agrees that upon the expiry of the term of this Licence or any extension thereof, he will not grant a licence or franchise to any other person or company for the processing, distribution, sale and supply of water within the Licence Area without having first offered such a licence or franchise to the Company on terms no less favourable than the terms offered to such other person or company.”

The resolution of these license negotiations could result in a material reduction of the operating income and cash flows the Company has historically generated from its retail license and could require the Company to record an impairment charge to reduce the $3,499,037 carrying value of its goodwill. Such impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

 

The Company is presently unable to determine what impact the resolution of this matter will have on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

CW-Belize

By Statutory Instrument No. 81 of 2009, the Minister of Public Utilities of the government of Belize published an order, the Public Utility Provider Class Declaration Order, 2009 (the “Order”), which as of May 1, 2009 designated CW-Belize as a public utility provider under the laws of Belize. With this designation, the Public Utilities Commission of Belize (the “PUC”) has the authority to set the rates charged by CW-Belize and to otherwise regulate its activities. On November 1, 2010, CW-Belize received a formal complaint from the PUC alleging that CW-Belize was operating without a license under the terms of the Water Industry Act. CW-Belize applied for this license in December 2010. On July 29, 2011, the PUC issued the San Pedro Public Water Supply Quality and Security Complaint Order (the “Second Order”) which among other things requires that (i) CW-Belize and its customer jointly make a submission to the responsible Minister requesting that the area surrounding CW-Belize’s seawater abstraction wells be designated a forest reserve or national park and be designated a Controlled Area under section 58 of the Water Industry Act, (ii) CW-Belize submit an operations manual for CW-Belize’s desalination plant to the PUC for approval, (iii) CW-Belize and its customer modify the water supply agreement between the parties to (a) include new water quality parameters included in the Order and (b) cap the current exclusive water supply arrangement in the agreement at a maximum of 450,000 gallons per day, (iv) CW-Belize keep a minimum number of replacement seawater RO membranes in stock at all times and (v) CW-Belize take possession of and reimburse the PUC for certain equipment which the PUC purchased from a third-party in late 2010. CW-Belize has applied for declaratory judgment and has been granted a temporary injunction to stay the enforcement of the Second Order by the PUC until such time as the Belize courts could hear the matter. The initial hearing on this matter was conducted on October 30 and 31, 2012 with an additional hearing on November 29, 2012. The ruling on this case is pending. The Company is presently unable to determine what impact the Order and the Second Order will have on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

Windsor Plant Water Supply Agreement

CW-Bahamas provides bulk water to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”), which distributes the water through its own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the Island of New Providence. Pursuant to a water supply agreement, CW-Bahamas was required to provide the WSC with at least 16.8 million gallons per week of potable water from the Windsor plant. This water supply agreement was scheduled to expire when CW-Bahamas delivered the total amount of water required under the agreement in July 2013, but has been extended on a month-to-month basis. At the conclusion of the agreement, the WSC has the option to:

i. extend the agreement for an additional five years at a rate to be negotiated;

ii. exercise a right of first refusal to purchase any materials, equipment and facilities that CW-Bahamas intends to remove from the site at a purchase price to be negotiated with CW-Bahamas; or

iii. require CW-Bahamas to remove all materials, equipment and facilities from the site.

At the request of the government of The Bahamas, CW-Bahamas continues to operate and maintain the Windsor plant on a month-to-month basis to provide the government of The Bahamas with additional time to decide whether or not it will extend CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreement for the Windsor plant on a long-term basis. CW-Bahamas generated revenues from the operation of this plant of approximately $5.8 million, $6.2 million and $7.2 million during years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

CW-Bali

Through its subsidiary CW-Bali, the Company has built and presently operates a seawater reverse osmosis plant with a productive capacity of approximately 790,000 gallons per day located in Nusa Dua, one of the primary tourist areas of Bali, Indonesia. The Company built this plant based upon its belief that future water shortages in this area of Bali will eventually enable CW-Bali to sell all of this plant’s production. The current sales volumes for this plant are not sufficient to cover its operating costs, and CW- Bali’s operating losses were approximately ($484,000), ($458,000) and ($438,000) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the capitalized costs for this plant reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet were approximately $3.0 million.

In 2015, the Indonesian government passed Regulation 121 which provides a mechanism for governmental regulatory oversight over the utilization of Indonesia’s water resources. Under this new regulation, the approval or cooperation of the local government water utility is required for any water supply contracts executed by non-governmental providers after the effective date of the regulation. Consequently CW-Bali will be required to enter into a cooperation agreement with Bali’s local government water utility, PDAM, or otherwise obtain PDAM’s approval, to supply any new customers.

The Company is presently seeking a strategic partner to (i) purchase a major portion of its equity ownership in CW-Bali; (ii) lead CW-Bali’s sales and marketing efforts and liaise with PDAM; and (iii) assist with CW-Bali’s on-going funding requirements. The Company also plans to market the available productive capacity of CW-Bali’s Nusa Dua plant to PDAM. If the Company is not able to obtain a strategic partner for CW-Bali, sell water to PDAM or other new customers, or otherwise significantly increase the revenues generated by its Nusa Dua plant in the future, the Company will be required to record an impairment charge to reduce the carrying value of CW-Bali’s plant assets to their fair value. Such an impairment charge could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations.

 

Other Contingencies

As part of the acquisition of the Company’s interests in OC-Cayman, with the approval of Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd., the Company has guaranteed the performance of OC-Cayman to the Cayman Islands government, pursuant to the water supply contract with the WAC dated April 25, 1994, as amended.

CW-Bahamas’ contract to supply water to the WSC from its Blue Hills plant requires CW-Bahamas to guarantee delivery of a minimum quantity of water per week. If CW-Bahamas does not meet this minimum, it will be required to pay the WSC for the difference between the minimum and actual gallons delivered at a per gallon rate equal to the price per gallon that WSC is currently paying under the contract. The Blue Hills contract expires in 2032 and requires CW-Bahamas to deliver 63.0 million gallons of water each week.

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Stock-based compensation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block]

18. Stock-based compensation

The Company has the following stock compensation plans that form part of its employees’ remuneration:

Employee Share Incentive Plan (Preferred Shares)

The Company awards shares of its preferred stock for $nil consideration under its Employee Share Incentive Plan to eligible employees, other than Directors and Officers, after four consecutive years of employment. If these employees remain with the Company for an additional four consecutive years, they can convert these preferred shares into shares of common stock on a one for one basis. In addition, at the time the preferred shares are granted, the employees receive options to purchase an equal number of shares of preferred stock at a discount to the average trading price of the Company’s common stock for the first seven days of the October immediately preceding the date of the preferred stock grant. If these options are exercised, the shares of preferred stock obtained may also be converted to shares of common stock if the employee remains with the Company for an additional four consecutive years. Each employee’s option to purchase shares of preferred stock must be exercised within 30 days of the grant date, which is the 90th day after the date of the independent registered public accountants firm’s audit opinion on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Shares of preferred stock not subsequently converted to shares of common stock are redeemable only at the discretion of the Company. Shares of preferred stock granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, totaled 8,615, 5,957 and 10,180, respectively, and an equal number of preferred stock options were granted in each of these years.

Employee Share Option Plan (Common Stock Options)

The Company has an employee stock option plan for certain long-serving employees of the Company. Under the plan, these employees are granted in each calendar year, as long as the employee is a participant in the Employee Share Incentive Plan, options to purchase common shares. The price at which the option may be exercised will be the closing market price on the grant date, which is the 40th day after the date of the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting. The number of options each employee is granted is equal to five times the sum of (i) the number of preferred shares which that employee receives for $nil consideration and (ii) the number of preferred share options which that employee exercises in that given year. Options may be exercised during the period commencing on the fourth anniversary of the grant date and ending on the thirtieth day after the fourth anniversary of the grant date. Options granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013, totaled 4,030,  2,990 and  6,600, respectively.

2008 Equity Incentive Plan

On May 14, 2008, the Company’s stockholders approved the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) and reserved 1,500,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common shares for issuance under this plan. All Directors, executives and key employees of the Company or its affiliates are eligible for participation in the 2008 Plan which provides for the issuance of options, restricted stock and stock equivalents at the discretion of the Board. No options were granted under the plan in 2013, 2014 or 2015.

The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense at fair value for all share-based payments, including stock options. Stock-based compensation for the Employee Share Incentive Plan, Employee Share Option Plan and the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan totaled $143,951, $116,574 and $246,473 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and is included in general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income.

Non-Executive Directors’ Share Plan

This stock grant plan provides part of Directors’ remuneration. Under this plan, non-Executive Directors receive a combination of cash and common stock for their participation in Board meetings. The number of shares of common stock granted is calculated based upon the market price of the Company’s common stock on October 1 of the year preceding the grant. Common stock granted under this plan during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 totaled 10,514,  5,992 and 13,980 shares, respectively. The Company recognized stock-based compensation for these share grants of $143,218, $85,880 and $135,503 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model that uses the assumptions noted in the table below. Expected volatilities are based on historical volatilities of the Company’s common stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and post-vesting termination behavior. The expected term of options granted is based on historical data and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company uses historical data to estimate stock option exercises and forfeitures within its valuation model. The risk-free interest rate for the expected term of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

The significant weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

	2015			2014			2013
Risk free interest rate		0.41	%		0.48	%		0.47	%
Expected option life (years)		1.4			1.4			1.7
Expected volatility		33.74	%		48.06	%		27.87	%
Expected dividend yield		2.35	%		2.71	%		2.71	%

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:

	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at beginning of period		186,632	$	10.18
Granted		12,645		9.92
Exercised		(48,885)		7.90
Forfeited/expired		(55,914)		10.30
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015		94,478	$	10.52	1.06 years	$	164,500
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015		75,078	$	10.46	0.86 years	$	133,764

(1) The intrinsic value of a stock option represents the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock, measured by reference to the closing price of the common shares of $12.24 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 31, 2015, exceeds the exercise price of the option.  

As of December 31, 2015, 19,400 non-vested options and 75,078 vested options were outstanding, with weighted average exercise prices of $10.74 and $10.46, respectively, and average remaining contractual lives of 1.87 years and 0.86 years, respectively. The total remaining unrecognized compensation costs related to unvested stock-based arrangements were $28,012 as of December 31, 2015 and are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.87 years.

As of December 31, 2015, unrecognized compensation costs relating to redeemable preferred stock outstanding were $143,234, and are expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.19 years.

The following table summarizes the weighted average fair value of options at the date of grant and the intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:

	2015		2014		2013
Options granted with an exercise price below market price on the date of grant:
Employees — preferred stock	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Overall weighted average	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Options granted with an exercise price at market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — common stock	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Overall weighted average	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Options granted with an exercise price above market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — preferred stock	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Overall weighted average	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Total intrinsic value of options exercised	$	87,371	$	17,162	$	190,212

Long-Term Incentive Compensation

The Board of Directors approved changes to the long-term incentive compensation for the Company’s executive officers effective for 2015 and thereafter to better align the interests of its executive officers with those of its shareholders. The revised long-term compensation plan includes a combination of performance and non-performance based grants of common stock. The non-performance based stock grants vest ratably over a three-year period. The performance based grants vest at the end of three years based upon the achievement of three year cumulative performance outcomes. The initial three year measurement period for the performance based stock grants is 2015-2017. The Company recognized $120,500 in stock-based compensation expense related to the non-performance stock grants under the revised long-term compensation plan for the year ended December 31, 2015. 

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Retirement benefits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits Disclosure [Text Block]

19. Retirement benefits

 

Staff retirement plans are offered to all employees in Florida, Cayman Islands and Bahamas. The plans are administered by third party plan providers and are defined contribution plans. The Company matches the contribution of the first 5% of each participating employee’s salary up to $72,000 for the Cayman Islands, there is no salary limit for the Bahamas and up to 6% of each participating employee salary for Florida employees. The total amount recognized as an expense under the plans during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 was $328,084, $325,576, and $300,682, respectively.

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Financial instruments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Financial Instruments Disclosure [Text Block]

20. Financial instruments

Credit risk:

The Company is not exposed to significant credit risk on its retail customer accounts as its policy is to cease supply of water to customers’ accounts that are more than 45 days overdue. The Company’s exposure to credit risk is concentrated on receivables from its Bulk water customers. The Company considers these receivables fully collectible and therefore has not recorded an allowance for these receivables.

Interest rate risk:

The Company is not subject to significant interest-rate risk arising from fluctuations in interest rates as the balance of the Company’s demand loan payable at December 31, 2015 is not significant to its financial condition or results of operations.

Foreign exchange risk:

All relevant foreign currencies other than the Mexican peso, Indonesian rupiah and the euro have been fixed to the dollar for over 30 years and the Company does not employ a hedging strategy against exchange rate risk associated with the reporting in dollars. If any of these fixed exchange rates becomes a floating exchange rate or if any of the foreign currencies in which the Company conducts business depreciate significantly against the dollar, the Company’s consolidated results of operations could be adversely affected.

Fair values:

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities, the demand loan and dividends payable approximate their fair values due to the short term maturities of these instruments. Management considers that the carrying amounts for loans receivable and long term debt as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 approximate their fair value as the stated interest rates approximate market rates.

Under US GAAP, fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. The US GAAP guidance also establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The guidance establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. The Company reviews its fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	December 31, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	428,203	$	-	$	-	$	428,203
Certificate of deposit		-		5,637,538		-		5,637,538
Total recurring	$	428,203	$	5,637,538	$	-	$	6,065,741
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	4,548,271	$	4,548,271

	December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	456,083	$	-	$	-	$	456,083
Certificate of deposit		-		5,000,000		-		5,000,000
Total recurring	$	456,083	$	5,000,000	$	-	$	5,456,083
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	5,208,603	$	5,208,603

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for Level 3 investments for the year ended December 31, 2015:

Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	5,208,603
Profit sharing and equity from earnings of OC-BVI		399,668
Distributions received from OC-BVI		-
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI (See Note 8)		(1,060,000)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	4,548,271

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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Text Block]

21. Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Interest paid in cash	$	147,546	$	196,768	$	380,014
Non-cash transactions:
Transfers from inventory to property plant and equipment and construction in progress	$	123,036	$	168,622	$	181,875
Transfers from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment	$	2,694,733	$	2,693,622	$	4,924,980
Issuance of 10,514, 18,294, and 25,111, respectively, shares of common stock for services rendered	$	119,018	$	263,098	$	217,826
Issuance of 8,615, 5,957, and 10,180 , respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock for services rendered for services rendered	$	110,703	$	65,289	$	110,249
Conversion (on a one-to-one basis) of 7,195, 4,756, and 4,720, respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock to common stock	$	4,317	$	2,854	$	2,832
Dividends declared but not paid	$	1,111,501	$	1,106,456	$	1,104,271
Obligation incurred for land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	10,050,000

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Impact of recent accounting standards pronouncements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes In Accounting Principles [Abstract]

New Accounting Pronouncements and Changes in Accounting Principles [Text Block]

22. Impact of recent accounting standards

Effect of Newly Issued But Not Yet Effective Accounting Standards:

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. ASU 2014-09 requires revenue recognition to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. ASU 2014-09 prescribes a five step framework in accounting for revenues from contracts within its scope, including (a) identification of the contract, (b) identification of the performance obligations under the contract, (c) determination of the transaction price, (d) allocation of the transaction price to the identified performance obligations and (e) recognition of revenues as the identified performance obligations are satisfied. ASU 2014-09 also prescribes additional disclosures and financial statement presentations. ASU 2014-09 may be adopted retrospectively or under a modified retrospective method where the cumulative effect is recognized at the date of initial application. This amendment was originally effective January 1, 2017. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the effective date by one year to January 1, 2018. Early application is permitted but not before January 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this standard will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) - Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. The amendments in this update require management to reevaluate whether certain legal entities should be consolidated. Specifically, the amendments (1) modify the evaluation of whether limited partnerships and similar legal entities are variable interest entities (“VIEs”) or voting interest entities, (2) eliminate the presumption that a general partner should consolidate a limited partnership, (3) affect the consolidation analysis of reporting entities that are involved with VIEs, particularly those that have fee arrangements and related party relationships, and (4) provide a scope exception from consolidation guidance for reporting entities with interests in legal entities that are required to comply with or operate in accordance with requirements that are similar to those in Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 for registered money market funds. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-02 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest-Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 provides authoritative guidance related to the presentation of debt issuance costs on the balance sheet, requiring companies to present debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of debt. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The new guidance must be applied retrospectively to each prior period presented. The adoption of ASU 2015-03 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory. ASU 2015-11 applies to all inventory that is measured using first-in, first-out or average cost. The guidance requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost or net realizable value. ASU 2015-11 is effective prospectively for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-15, Presentation and Subsequent Measurement of Debt Issuance Costs Associated with Line-of-Credit Arrangements, which clarifies the treatment of debt issuance costs from line-of-credit arrangements after adoption of ASU 2015-03. The SEC Staff announced they would not object to an entity deferring and presenting debt issuance costs as an asset and subsequently amortizing the deferred debt issuance costs ratably over the term of the line-of-credit arrangement, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement. The amendment requires retrospective application and represents a change in accounting principle. The amendment becomes effective in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of ASU 2015-15 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In September 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-16, Business Combinations: Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments, which requires an acquirer to recognize adjustments identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The adjustment must include the cumulative effect of the adjustment as if the accounting had been completed on the acquisition date. The update should be applied prospectively and becomes effective January 1, 2016. Early application is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-16 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-01, Financial Instruments - Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, which provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of financial assets and financial liabilities. ASU 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017 and, for most provisions, is effective using the cumulative-effect transition approach. Early application is permitted for certain provisions. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which provides guidance for accounting for leases. The new guidance requires companies to recognize the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leased assets. The accounting guidance for lessors will remain relatively largely unchanged. ASU 2016-02 is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect the adoption of this amendment will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Subsequent events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events [Text Block]

23. Subsequent events

The Company evaluated subsequent events through the time of the filing of its Annual Report on Form 10-K. Other than as disclosed in these consolidated financial statements, the Company is not aware of any significant events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the filing of this report that would have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

On February 11, 2016, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Consolidated Water U.S. Holdings, Inc. (“Consolidated Water U.S.”), entered into a stock purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Aerex Industries, Inc. (“Aerex”) and Thomas Donnick, Jr. (“Donnick”). Pursuant to the terms of the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S. purchased a 51% ownership interest in Aerex for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $7.7 million in cash. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S. owns 51% of the outstanding capital stock of Aerex and Donnick owns 49% of the outstanding capital stock of Aerex. Consolidated Water U.S. also acquired from Donnick an option to compel Donnick to sell, and granted to Donnick an option to require Consolidated Water U.S. to purchase, Donnick’s 49% ownership interest in Aerex at a price based upon the fair market value of Aerex at the time of the exercise of the option. The options are exercisable on or after February 11, 2019. In connection with the Purchase Agreement, the Company guaranteed the obligations of Consolidated Water U.S. with respect to the option granted to Donnick to require Consolidated Water U.S. to purchase Donnick’s 49% ownership interest in Aerex.

Aerex is an original equipment manufacturer and service provider of a wide range of products and services applicable to municipal water and industrial water treatment. Its products include membrane separation equipment, filtration equipment, piping systems, vessels and custom fabricated components. Aerex also offers engineering, design, consulting, inspection, training and equipment maintenance services to its customers. Aerex is an American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) code accredited manufacturer and maintains the ASME U and S and the National Board NB and R Certificates of Authorization. Its corporate offices and manufacturing facilities are located in Fort Pierce, Florida.

In connection with the Purchase Agreement, Consolidated Water U.S., Aerex and Donnick entered into a shareholders agreement, pursuant to which Consolidated Water U.S. and Donnick agreed to certain rights and obligations with respect to the governance of Aerex.

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Accounting policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Basis of Accounting, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basis of preparation: The consolidated financial statements presented are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Use of Estimates, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Use of estimates: The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant items subject to estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, goodwill and the fair value of the Company’s investment in its affiliate. Actual results could differ significantly from such estimates.

Consolidation, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Basis of consolidation: The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s (i) wholly-owned subsidiaries, Aquilex, Inc., Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”), Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited (“CW-Belize”), Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OC-Cayman”), DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”), Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”); and (ii) majority-owned subsidiaries Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (“CW-Bahamas”), Consolidated Water (Asia) Pte. Limited, PT Consolidated Water Bali (“CW-Bali”) and N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”). The Company’s investment in its affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”), is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Foreign Currency Transactions and Translations Policy [Policy Text Block]

Foreign currency: The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollar (“US$”). The functional currency of the Company and its foreign operating subsidiaries (other than NSC and CW-Cooperatief) is the currency for each respective country. The functional currency for NSC is the US$. The exchange rates between the Cayman Islands dollar, the Belize dollar, the Bahamian dollar are fixed to the US$. CW-Cooperatief conducts business in US$ and euros, CW-Bali conducts business in US$ and Indonesian rupiahs, and NSC conducts business in US$ and Mexican pesos. The exchange rates for conversion of euros, rupiahs and Mexican pesos into US$ vary based upon market conditions. Net foreign currency gains (losses) arising from transactions conducted in foreign currencies were ($485,291), ($111,409) and ($197,396) for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and are included in “Other income (expense)” in the consolidated statements of income.

Comprehensive Income, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Comprehensive income: Comprehensive income (loss) is defined as the change in equity during a period from transactions and other events from non-owner sources. Comprehensive income (loss) is the total of net income and other comprehensive income (loss) which, for the Company, is comprised entirely of foreign currency translation adjustments related to CW-Bali.

Cash and Cash Equivalents, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits at banks and highly liquid deposits at banks with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 include $13.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively, of certificates of deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had deposits in U.S. banks in excess of federally insured limits of approximately $1.9 million. As of December 31, 2015, the Company held cash in foreign bank accounts of approximately $44.4 million.

Transfers from the Company’s Bahamas and Belize bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of the Bahamas and Belize, respectively. As of December 31, 2015, the equivalent United States dollar cash balances for deposits held in the Bahamas and Belize were approximately $23.2 million and $4.2 million, respectively. The $23.2 million Bahamas balance includes the Company’s certificate of deposit balance of approximately $5.6 million.

Trade and Other Accounts Receivable, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Accounts receivable and allowance for doubtful accounts: Accounts receivable are recorded at invoiced amounts based on meter readings or minimum take-or-pay amounts per contractual agreements. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable balance. The Company determines the allowance for doubtful accounts based on historical write-off experience and monthly review of delinquent accounts. Past due balances are reviewed individually for collectability and disconnection. Account balances are charged off against the allowance for doubtful accounts after all means of collection have been exhausted and the potential for recovery is considered by management to be remote.

Inventory, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Inventory: Inventory primarily includes consumables stock and spare parts stock that are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value with cost determined on the first-in, first-out basis. Inventory also includes potable water held in the Company’s reservoirs. The carrying amount of the water inventory is the lower of the average cost of producing water during the year or its net realizable value.

Finance, Loans and Leases Receivable, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Loans receivable: Loans receivable relate to notes receivable from customers arising from the construction and sale of water desalination plants. The allowance for loan losses, if any, is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing loans and is determined on an individual loan basis.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using a straight line method with an allowance for estimated residual values. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Buildings	5 to 40 years
Plant and equipment	4 to 40 years
Distribution system	3 to 40 years
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 10 years
Vehicles	3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of 5 years or lease term
Lab equipment	5 to 10 years

Additions to property, plant and equipment are comprised of the cost of the contracted services, direct labor and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of the projects. Depreciation commences in the month the asset is placed in service.

Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Long-lived assets: Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets might not be recoverable. Conditions that would necessitate an impairment assessment include a significant decline in the observable market value of an asset, a significant change in the extent or manner in which an asset is used, or a significant adverse change that would indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets is not recoverable. For long-lived assets to be held and used, the Company recognizes an impairment loss only if its carrying amount is not recoverable through its undiscounted cash flows and measures the impairment loss based on the difference between the carrying amount and fair value.

Construction In Progress [Policy Text Block]

Construction in progress: Interest costs directly attributable to the acquisition and construction of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to be ready for their intended use, are added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for use. No interest was capitalized during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 or 2013.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Goodwill and intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess cost over the fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually. Intangible assets with estimable useful lives are amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values and reviewed periodically for impairment. The Company evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill annually as part of its reporting process for the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. Management identifies the Company’s reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares the fair value to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company estimated the fair value of its reporting units by applying the discounted cash flow method, the subject company stock price method, the guideline public company method, and the mergers and acquisitions method.

The discounted cash flow method relied upon seven-year discrete projections of operating results, working capital and capital expenditures, along with a terminal value subsequent to the discrete period. These seven-year projections were based upon historical and anticipated future results, general economic and market conditions, and considered the impact of planned business and operational strategies. The discount rates for the calculations represented the estimated cost of capital for market participants at the time of each analysis. In preparing these seven-year projections for its retail unit, the Company (i) identified possible outcomes of its on-going negotiations with the Cayman Islands government for the renewal of its retail license; (ii) estimated the cash flows associated with each possible outcome; and (iii) assigned a probability to each outcome and associated estimated cash flows. The weighted average estimated cash flows were then summed to determine the overall fair value of the retail unit under this method. The possible outcomes used for the discounted cash flow method for the retail unit included the implementation of a rate of return on invested capital model, the methodology proposed by Cayman Islands government representatives for the new retail license.

 

The Company also estimated the fair value of each of its reporting units for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 through reference to the quoted market prices for the Company and guideline companies and the market multiples implied by guideline merger and acquisition transactions.

The Company weighted the fair values estimated for each of its reporting units under each method and summed such weighted fair values to estimate the overall fair value for each reporting unit. The respective weightings the Company applied to each method as of December 31, 2015 were consistent with those used as of December 31, 2014 and were as follows:

	2015						2014
Method	Retail			Bulk			Retail			Bulk
Discounted cash flow		50	%		50	%		50	%		50	%
Subject company stock price		30	%		30	%		30	%		30	%
Guideline public company		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
Mergers and acquisitions		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 72% and 20%, respectively, as of December 31, 2015. The fair values the Company estimated for its retail and bulk units exceeded their carrying amounts by 36% and 29%, respectively, as of December 31, 2014.

The Company also performed an analysis reconciling the conclusions of value for its reporting units to its market capitalization at October 1, 2015. This reconciliation resulted in an implied control premium for our Company of 5%.

Investment, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Investments: Investments where the Company does not exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds less than 20% of the voting stock are recorded at cost. The Company uses the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock where the Company holds 20% to 50% of the voting stock of the investee and has significant influence over its operating and financial policies but does not meet the criteria for consolidation. The Company recognizes impairment losses on declines in the fair value of the stock of investees that are other than temporary.

Other Assets [Policy Text Block]

Other assets: Under the terms of CW-Bahamas’ contract with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas to supply water from its Blue Hills desalination plant, CW-Bahamas was required to reduce the amount of water lost by the public water distribution system on New Providence Island, The Bahamas, over a one year period by 438 million gallons, a requirement CW Bahamas met during 2007. The Company was solely responsible for the engineering, labor and materials costs incurred to effect the reduction in lost water, which were capitalized and are being amortized on a straight-line basis over the original remaining life of the Blue Hills contract. Such costs are included in other assets and aggregated approximately $3.5 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014. Accumulated amortization for these costs was approximately $1.6 million and $1.4 million as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Other Liabilities [Policy Text Block]

Other liabilities: Other liabilities consist of security deposits received from large customers as security for trade receivables.

Income Tax, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Income taxes: The Company accounts for the income taxes arising from the operations of its United States subsidiary, Aquilex, Inc., under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities, if any, are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to the extent any deferred tax asset may not be realized.

CW-Belize is liable for business and corporate income taxes. Under the terms of its water supply agreement with Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), its sole customer, CW-Belize is reimbursed by BWSL for all taxes that it is required to pay and records this reimbursement as an offset to its tax expense.

Other than Bali, Indonesia, the Company is not presently subject to income taxes in the other countries in which it operates.

Plant Construction Revenue And Cost Recognition [Policy Text Block]

Plant construction revenue and cost of plant construction revenue: The Company recognizes revenue and related costs as work progresses on fixed price contracts for the construction of desalination plants to be sold to third parties using the percentage-of-completion method, which relies on contract revenue and estimates of total expected costs. The Company follows this method since it can make reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various stages of a contract. Under the percentage-of-completion method, the Company records revenue and recognizes profit or loss as work on the contract progresses. The Company estimates total project costs and profit to be earned on each long term, fixed price contract prior to commencement of work on the contract and updates these estimates as work on the contract progresses. The cumulative amount of revenue recorded on a contract at a specified point in time is that percentage of total estimated revenue that incurred costs to date comprises of estimated total contract costs. If, as work progresses, the actual contract costs exceed estimates, the profit recognized on revenue from that contract decreases. The Company recognizes the full amount of any estimated loss on a contract at the time the estimates indicate such a loss. Any costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings are classified as current assets. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts, if any, are classified as current liabilities.

The Company assumes the risk that the costs associated with constructing the plant may be greater than it anticipated in preparing its bid. However, the terms of each of the sales contracts with its customers require the Company to guarantee the sales price for the plant at the bid amount. Because the Company bases its contracted sales price in part on its estimation of future construction costs, the profitability of its plant sales is dependent on its ability to estimate these costs accurately. The cost estimates the Company prepares in connection with the construction of plants to be sold to third parties are subject to inherent uncertainties. The cost of materials and construction may increase significantly after the Company submits its bid for a plant due to factors beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the profit margin for a plant to be less than the Company anticipated when the bid was made. The profit margin the Company initially expects to generate from a plant sale could be further affected by other factors, such as hydro-geologic conditions at the plant site that differ materially from those the Company believes exists, and therefore relies upon, in preparing its bid.

Revenue Recognition, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Revenue from water sales: The Company recognizes revenues from water sales at the time water is supplied to the customer’s facility or storage tank. The amount of water supplied is determined based upon water meter readings performed at the end of each month. Under the terms of both its license agreement with the government of the Cayman Islands and its bulk water supply contracts, the Company is entitled to charge its customers the greater of a minimum monthly charge or the price for water supplied during the month.

Reclassification, Policy [Policy Text Block]

Comparative amounts: Certain amounts presented in the financial statements previously issued for 2014 and 2013 have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2014 totaling approximately $1.1 million relating to costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings – construction project were reclassified from investing activities to operating activities. Amounts shown in the statement of cash flows for 2013 as effect of exchange rate changes on cash totaling approximately $364,000 were reclassified to operating activities.

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Accounting policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule Of Property Plant And Equipment Useful Life [Table Text Block]

Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Buildings	5 to 40 years
Plant and equipment	4 to 40 years
Distribution system	3 to 40 years
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment	3 to 10 years
Vehicles	3 to 10 years
Leasehold improvements	Shorter of 5 years or lease term
Lab equipment	5 to 10 years

Estimated Fair value Of Reporting Segment [Table Text Block]

The respective weightings the Company applied to each method as of December 31, 2015 were consistent with those used as of December 31, 2014 and were as follows:

	2015						2014
Method	Retail			Bulk			Retail			Bulk
Discounted cash flow		50	%		50	%		50	%		50	%
Subject company stock price		30	%		30	%		30	%		30	%
Guideline public company		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
Mergers and acquisitions		10	%		10	%		10	%		10	%
		100	%		100	%		100	%		100	%

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Cash and cash equivalents (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Cash and Cash Equivalents [Abstract]

Schedule of Cash and Cash Equivalents [Table Text Block]

Cash and cash equivalents are not restricted by the terms of the Company’s bank accounts as to withdrawal or use. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014, the equivalent United States dollars are denominated in the following currencies:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Bank accounts:
United States dollar	$	10,961,159	$	7,809,107
Cayman Islands dollar		10,590,207		4,274,025
Bahamian dollar		1,983,236		6,822,761
Belize dollar		4,213,923		3,658,705
Bermudian dollar		4,571		5,507
Mexican Peso		27,872		53,203
Euro		23,819		30,291
Singapore dollar		25,879		27,641
Indonesian Rupiah		40,483		78,991
		27,871,149		22,760,231
Short term deposits:
United States dollar		1,307,337		474,728
Bahamian dollar		15,614,248		12,478,730
		16,921,585		12,953,458
Total cash and cash equivalents	$	44,792,734	$	35,713,689

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Accounts receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule of Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Table Text Block]

	December 31
	2015		2014
Trade accounts receivable	$	8,235,514	$	10,722,177
Receivable – construction project		521,250		415,305
Receivable from OC-BVI		45,118		49,154
Other accounts receivable		920,472		780,446
		9,722,354		11,967,082
Allowance for doubtful accounts		(193,338)		(193,338)
	$	9,529,016	$	11,773,744

Schedule Of Allowance For Doubtful Accounts Activity [Table Text Block]

The activity for the allowance for doubtful accounts consisted of:

	December 31
	2015		2014
Opening allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	223,043
Provision for doubtful accounts		-		-
Accounts written off during the year		-		(29,705)
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts	$	193,338	$	193,338

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Inventory (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory, Noncurrent [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Water stock	$	27,670	$	38,353
Consumables stock		152,350		204,180
Spare parts stock		6,297,082		5,736,826
Total inventory		6,477,102		5,979,359
Less current portion		1,918,728		1,738,382
Inventory (non-current)	$	4,558,374	$	4,240,977

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Loans receivable (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Receivables [Abstract]

Schedule Of Loans Receivable [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015		2014
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.	$	4,678,355	$	5,831,504
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.		932,512		1,505,673
Total loans receivable		5,610,867		7,337,177
Less current portion		1,841,851		1,726,310
Loans receivable, excluding current portion	$	3,769,016	$	5,610,867

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Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Land	$	3,223,361	$	3,223,361
Buildings		18,437,758		18,462,770
Plant and equipment		63,733,553		61,679,293
Distribution system		31,726,766		31,481,048
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment		3,210,819		3,159,699
Vehicles		1,384,294		1,273,803
Leasehold improvements		260,519		260,519
Lab equipment		157,851		28,743
		122,134,921		119,569,236
Less accumulated depreciation		68,391,751		63,172,248
Property, plant and equipment, net	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988
Construction in progress	$	1,928,610	$	1,900,016

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Investment in OC-BVI (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Summarized Financial Information of Unconsolidated Equity Method Investment [Table Text Block]

Summarized financial information for OC-BVI is as follows:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current assets	$	4,323,792	$	2,547,542
Non-current assets		4,682,650		5,297,904
Total assets	$	9,006,442	$	7,845,446

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Current liabilities	$	584,116	$	427,269
Non-current liabilities		1,650,252		1,393,200
Total liabilities	$	2,234,368	$	1,820,469

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Revenues	$	4,143,882	$	4,679,829	$	4,711,091
Cost of revenues		2,261,973		2,833,007		2,886,820
Gross profit		1,881,909		1,846,822		1,824,271
General and administrative expenses		958,364		940,072		957,743
Income from operations		923,545		906,750		866,528
Other income (expense), net (1)		(176,448)		(188,751)		1,411,932
Net income		747,097		717,999		2,278,460
Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		70,854		21,045		27,793
Net income attributable to controlling interests	$	676,243	$	696,954	$	2,250,667

(1)   Other income (expense), net, includes $2,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013 in award amounts received under the Court ruling for the Baughers Bay litigation.

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Intangible assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Table Text Block]

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cost
Intangible asset management service agreement	$	856,356	$	856,356
Belize water production and supply agreement		1,522,419		1,522,419
Option agreement		-		300,000
		2,378,775		2,678,775
Accumulated amortization
Intangible asset management service agreement		(750,697)		(660,800)
Belize water production and supply agreement		(856,267)		(790,075)
Option agreement		-		(300,000)
		(1,606,964)		(1,750,875)
Intangible assets, net	$	771,811	$	927,900

Schedule of Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Future Amortization Expense [Table Text Block]

Amortization of intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is expected to be as follows:

2016	$	156,757
2017		81,286
2018		66,192
2019		66,192
2020		66,192
Thereafter		335,192
	$	771,811

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Dividends (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Dividends [Abstract]

Dividends Declared [Table Text Block]

Interim dividends declared on Class A common stock and redeemable preferred stock for each quarter of the respective years ended December 31 were as follows:

	2015		2014		2013
First Quarter	$	0.075	$	0.075	$	0.075
Second Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Third Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
Fourth Quarter		0.075		0.075		0.075
	$	0.30	$	0.30	$	0.30

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Long term debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]

Long term debt consists of the following:

 

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Demand loan payable with an original balance of $10.0 million, payable in quarterly installments of $500,000 with the remaining principal balance due on May 14, 2016 if not called by the lender; bearing interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%.	$	7,000,000	$	9,000,000
Total debt		7,000,000		9,000,000
Less current portion		7,000,000		9,000,000
Long term debt, excluding current portion	$	-	$	-

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Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Abstract]

Cost Of Revenues And General And Administrative Expenses [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cost of revenues consist of:
Electricity	$	10,675,287	$	14,631,638	$	13,634,617
Depreciation		5,270,454		5,077,293		4,822,967
Fuel oil		4,974,421		8,726,195		10,106,409
Employee costs		4,669,445		4,630,609		4,422,093
Cost of plant sales		878,396		1,470,045		-
Maintenance		3,429,736		3,131,947		2,332,893
Retail license royalties		1,427,073		1,405,067		1,357,988
Insurance		1,187,097		1,397,799		1,499,201
Other		1,677,735		1,972,987		2,140,084
	$	34,189,644	$	42,443,580	$	40,316,252
General and administrative expenses consist of:
Employee costs	$	6,459,612	$	6,314,908	$	6,218,948
Insurance		802,386		923,089		969,370
Professional fees		941,193		1,424,927		1,005,495
Directors’ fees and expenses		754,145		686,228		752,044
Depreciation		218,032		278,478		290,622
NSC project expenses		2,168,408		3,702,332		3,158,309
Other		3,114,718		3,324,477		3,449,515
	$	14,458,494	$	16,654,439	$	15,844,303

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Earnings per share (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

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,
	2015		2014		2013
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$	7,518,701	$	6,265,358	$	8,594,519
Less: preferred stock dividends		(12,028)		(11,485)		(11,222)
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share	$	7,506,673	$	6,253,873	$	8,583,297
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,741,748		14,697,896		14,633,884
Plus:
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period		38,612		37,924		34,827
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants		47,395		28,503		35,169
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders		14,827,755		14,764,323		14,703,880

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Segment information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Year Ended December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	23,254,757	$	31,854,255	$	2,007,190	$	57,116,202
Cost of revenues		10,925,634		21,634,789		1,629,221		34,189,644
Gross profit (loss)		12,329,123		10,219,466		377,969		22,926,558
General and administrative expenses		10,713,687		1,605,943		2,138,864		14,458,494
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,615,436	$	8,613,523	$	(1,760,895)		8,468,064
Other income (expense), net								(542,570)
Net income								7,925,494
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								406,793
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	7,518,701

	As of December 31, 2015
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Accounts receivable, net	$	2,261,141	$	6,231,626	$	1,036,249	$	9,529,016
Property plant and equipment, net	$	25,204,226	$	28,421,906	$	117,038	$	53,743,170
Construction in progress	$	1,860,050	$	68,560	$	-	$	1,928,610
Goodwill	$	1,170,511	$	2,328,526	$	-	$	3,499,037
Land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	20,558,424	$	20,558,424
Total assets	$	54,603,249	$	83,284,439	$	23,729,010	$	161,616,698

	Year Ended December 31, 2014
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	24,104,932	$	39,201,011	$	2,253,135	$	65,559,078
Cost of revenues		11,944,071		27,919,249		2,580,260		42,443,580
Gross profit (loss)		12,160,861		11,281,762		(327,125)		23,115,498
General and administrative expenses		11,183,731		1,605,499		3,865,209		16,654,439
Income (loss) from operations	$	977,130	$	9,676,263	$	(4,192,334)		6,461,059
Other income, net								303,481
Net income								6,764,540
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								499,182
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	6,265,358

	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	$	51,319,117	$	85,063,571	$	24,077,143	$	160,459,831

 

	Year Ended December 31, 2013
	Retail		Bulk		Services		Total
Revenues	$	23,018,498	$	39,960,220	$	843,413	$	63,822,131
Cost of revenues		10,956,904		28,279,088		1,080,260		40,316,252
Gross profit (loss)		12,061,594		11,681,132		(236,847)		23,505,879
General and administrative expenses		10,812,877		1,643,869		3,387,557		15,844,303
Income (loss) from operations	$	1,248,717	$	10,037,263	$	(3,624,404)		7,661,576
Other income, net								1,486,913
Net income								9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests								553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders							$	8,594,519

Schedule of Revenue from External Customers Attributed to Foreign Countries by Geographic Area [Table Text Block]

Revenues earned by major geographic region were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Cayman Islands	$	32,735,215	$	35,040,803	$	31,164,165
Bahamas		21,062,081		26,702,605		29,192,529
Indonesia		368,012		471,919		144,030
Belize		2,422,547		2,596,410		2,536,780
Revenues earned from management services agreement with OC-BVI		528,347		747,341		784,627
	$	57,116,202	$	65,559,078	$	63,822,131

Revenues earned from major customers were:

	Year ended December 31,
	2015			2014			2013
Revenues earned from the Water and Sewerage Corporation ("WSC")	$	20,770,347		$	26,376,520		$	28,861,195
Percentage of total revenues from the WSC		36	%		40	%		45	%
Revenues earned from the Water Authority - Cayman ("WAC")	$	8,369,627		$	9,901,996		$	8,230,912
Percentage of total revenues from the WAC		15	%		15	%		13	%

Long-lived Assets by Geographic Areas [Table Text Block]

Property, plant and equipment, net by major geographic region were:

	December 31,
	2015		2014
Cayman Island operations	$	22,518,524	$	23,681,420
Bahamas operations		27,441,376		28,208,145
Belize operations		920,149		1,025,970
Indonesia operations		2,665,312		3,245,846
All other country operations		197,809		235,607
	$	53,743,170	$	56,396,988

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Commitments and contingencies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases [Table Text Block]

Future minimum lease payments under these non-cancellable operating leases as of December 31, 2015 are as follows:

2016	$	717,874
2017		740,778
2018		753,303
2019		590,130
2020		490,244
Thereafter		3,160,724
	$	6,453,053

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Stock-based compensation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The significant weighted average assumptions for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 were as follows:

	2015			2014			2013
Risk free interest rate		0.41	%		0.48	%		0.47	%
Expected option life (years)		1.4			1.4			1.7
Expected volatility		33.74	%		48.06	%		27.87	%
Expected dividend yield		2.35	%		2.71	%		2.71	%

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity [Table Text Block]

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2015 is as follows:

	Options		Weighted Average Exercise Price		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1)
Outstanding at beginning of period		186,632	$	10.18
Granted		12,645		9.92
Exercised		(48,885)		7.90
Forfeited/expired		(55,914)		10.30
Outstanding as of December 31, 2015		94,478	$	10.52	1.06 years	$	164,500
Exercisable as of December 31, 2015		75,078	$	10.46	0.86 years	$	133,764

(1) The intrinsic value of a stock option represents the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock, measured by reference to the closing price of the common shares of $12.24 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 31, 2015, exceeds the exercise price of the option.  

Disclosure of Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award [Table Text Block]

The following table summarizes the weighted average fair value of options at the date of grant and the intrinsic value of options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013:

	2015		2014		2013
Options granted with an exercise price below market price on the date of grant:
Employees — preferred stock	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Overall weighted average	$	4.19	$	-	$	4.65
Options granted with an exercise price at market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — common stock	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Overall weighted average	$	3.39	$	3.11	$	3.18
Options granted with an exercise price above market price on the date of grant:
Management employees	$	-	$	-	$	-
Employees — preferred stock	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Overall weighted average	$	-	$	0.59	$	-
Total intrinsic value of options exercised	$	87,371	$	17,162	$	190,212

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Financial instruments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2015 and 2014:

	December 31, 2015
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	428,203	$	-	$	-	$	428,203
Certificate of deposit		-		5,637,538		-		5,637,538
Total recurring	$	428,203	$	5,637,538	$	-	$	6,065,741
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	4,548,271	$	4,548,271

	December 31, 2014
	Level 1		Level 2		Level 3		Total
Assets:
Recurring
Restricted cash	$	456,083	$	-	$	-	$	456,083
Certificate of deposit		-		5,000,000		-		5,000,000
Total recurring	$	456,083	$	5,000,000	$	-	$	5,456,083
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$	-	$	-	$	5,208,603	$	5,208,603

Fair Value Measurements, Nonrecurring [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for Level 3 investments for the year ended December 31, 2015:

Balance as of December 31, 2014	$	5,208,603
Profit sharing and equity from earnings of OC-BVI		399,668
Distributions received from OC-BVI		-
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI (See Note 8)		(1,060,000)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	4,548,271

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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Supplemental Cash Flow Elements [Abstract]

Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]

	Year Ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Interest paid in cash	$	147,546	$	196,768	$	380,014
Non-cash transactions:
Transfers from inventory to property plant and equipment and construction in progress	$	123,036	$	168,622	$	181,875
Transfers from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment	$	2,694,733	$	2,693,622	$	4,924,980
Issuance of 10,514, 18,294, and 25,111, respectively, shares of common stock for services rendered	$	119,018	$	263,098	$	217,826
Issuance of 8,615, 5,957, and 10,180 , respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock for services rendered for services rendered	$	110,703	$	65,289	$	110,249
Conversion (on a one-to-one basis) of 7,195, 4,756, and 4,720, respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock to common stock	$	4,317	$	2,854	$	2,832
Dividends declared but not paid	$	1,111,501	$	1,106,456	$	1,104,271
Obligation incurred for land held for development	$	-	$	-	$	10,050,000

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Accounting policies (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015
Buildings [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	40 years
Buildings [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years
Plant and equipment [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	40 years
Plant and equipment [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	4 years
Distribution system [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	40 years
Distribution system [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years
Furniture and Fixtures [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Vehicles [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years
Vehicles [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	3 years
Leasehold improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Estimated Useful Lives	Shorter of 5 years or lease term
Lab equipment [Member]. | Maximum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	10 years
Lab equipment [Member]. | Minimum [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life	5 years

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Accounting policies (Details 1)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Retail [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	100.00%	100.00%
Retail [Member] | Discounted cash flow [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	50.00%	50.00%
Retail [Member] | Subject company stock price [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	30.00%	30.00%
Retail [Member] | Guideline public company [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	10.00%	10.00%
Retail [Member] | Mergers and acquisitions [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	10.00%	10.00%
Bulk [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	100.00%	100.00%
Bulk [Member] | Discounted cash flow [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	50.00%	50.00%
Bulk [Member] | Subject company stock price [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	30.00%	30.00%
Bulk [Member] | Guideline public company [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	10.00%	10.00%
Bulk [Member] | Mergers and acquisitions [Member]
Estimated Fair Value Percentage Segment Reporting Information	10.00%	10.00%

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Accounting policies (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Foreign Currency Transaction Gain (Loss), before Tax	$ (485,291)	$ (111,409)	$ (197,396)
Cash Deposits In Excess Of Federally Insured Limits	1,900,000
Accumulated Amortization of Other Deferred Costs	$ 1,600,000	1,400,000
Equity Method Investment, Additional Information	The Company uses the equity method of accounting for investments in common stock where the Company holds 20% to 50% of the voting stock of the investee and has significant influence over its operating and financial policies but does not meet the criteria for consolidation.
Criteria For Recognizing Investment At Cost	Investments where the Company does not exercise significant influence over the operating and financial policies of the investee and holds less than 20% of the voting stock are recorded at cost.
Reconciliation Percentage of Implied Control Premium	5.00%
Certificates of Deposit, at Carrying Value	$ 5,637,538	5,000,000
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	27,871,149	22,760,231
Cash And Restricted Cash Equivalents Held In Foreign Bank	44,400,000
Costs in Excess of Billings, Current	0	1,090,489
Effect of Exchange Rate on Cash, Total			$ 364,000
Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value	13,600,000	$ 3,000,000
BELIZE
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deposits held in foreign bank	4,200,000
BAHAMAS
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Deposits held in foreign bank	23,200,000
Certificates of Deposit, at Carrying Value	$ 5,600,000
Retail [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value Carrying Amount Exceeded Percentage	72.00%	36.00%
Bulk [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Estimated Fair Value Carrying Amount Exceeded Percentage	20.00%	29.00%
Capitalized Engineering Labor and Materials Cost [Member]
Accounting Policies [Line Items]
Other Assets	$ 3,500,000	$ 3,500,000

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Cash and cash equivalents (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	$ 27,871,149	$ 22,760,231
Short term deposits	16,921,585	12,953,458
Total cash and cash equivalents	44,792,734	35,713,689	$ 33,626,516	$ 33,892,655
United States dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	10,961,159	7,809,107
Short term deposits	1,307,337	474,728
Cayman Islands dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	10,590,207	4,274,025
Bahamian dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	1,983,236	6,822,761
Short term deposits	15,614,248	12,478,730
Belize dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	4,213,923	3,658,705
Bermudian dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	4,571	5,507
Mexican Peso [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	27,872	53,203
Euro [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	23,819	30,291
Singapore dollar [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	25,879	27,641
Indonesian Rupiah [Member]
Cash and Cash Equivalents [Line Items]
Bank accounts	$ 40,483	$ 78,991

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Accounts receivable (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Trade accounts receivable	$ 8,235,514	$ 10,722,177
Receivable - construction project	521,250	415,305
Receivable from OC-BVI	45,118	49,154
Other accounts receivable	920,472	780,446
Accounts Receivable, Gross, Current	9,722,354	11,967,082
Allowance for doubtful accounts	(193,338)	(193,338)	$ (223,043)
Accounts Receivable, Net, Current	$ 9,529,016	$ 11,773,744

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Accounts receivable (Details 1) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Opening allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 193,338	$ 223,043
Provision for doubtful accounts	0	0	$ 32,933
Accounts written off during the year	0	(29,705)
Ending allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 193,338	$ 193,338	$ 223,043

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Inventory (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Inventory [Line Items]
Total inventory	$ 6,477,102	$ 5,979,359
Less current portion	1,918,728	1,738,382
Inventory (non-current)	4,558,374	4,240,977
Water stock [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Total inventory	27,670	38,353
Consumables stock [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Total inventory	152,350	204,180
Spare parts stock [Member]
Inventory [Line Items]
Total inventory	$ 6,297,082	$ 5,736,826

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Loans receivable (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total loans receivable	$ 5,610,867	$ 7,337,177
Less current portion	1,841,851	1,726,310
Loans receivable, excluding current portion	3,769,016	5,610,867
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 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total loans receivable	4,678,355	5,831,504
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 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Total loans receivable	$ 932,512	$ 1,505,673

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Loans receivable (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Two loans originally aggregating $10,996,290, bearing interest at 6.5% per annum, receivable in aggregate monthly installments of $124,827 to May 2019, and secured by the machinery and equipment of the North Side Water Works plant [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Receivable Face Amount	$ 10,996,290
Loans Receivable Interest Rate Stated Percentage	6.50%
Loans Receivable Monthly Installment	$ 124,827
Loans Receivable Maturity Date	May 31, 2019
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 [Member]
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Loans Receivable Face Amount	$ 3,671,039
Loans Receivable Interest Rate Stated Percentage	6.50%
Loans Receivable Monthly Installment	$ 54,513
Loans Receivable Maturity Date	Jun. 30, 2017

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Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 122,134,921	$ 119,569,236
Less accumulated depreciation	68,391,751	63,172,248
Property, plant and equipment, net	53,743,170	56,396,988
Construction in progress	1,928,610	1,900,016
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	3,223,361	3,223,361
Building [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	18,437,758	18,462,770
Distribution Systems [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	31,726,766	31,481,048
Office furniture, fixtures and equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	3,210,819	3,159,699
Vehicles [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	1,384,294	1,273,803
Plant And Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	63,733,553	61,679,293
Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	260,519	260,519
Lab Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 157,851	$ 28,743

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Property, plant and equipment and construction in progress (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Capital Commitments	$ 563,551
Construction In Progress Placed In Service	2,694,733	$ 2,693,622
Depreciation	$ 5,501,491	$ 5,355,771	$ 5,113,589

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Investment in OC-BVI (Details) - Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Current assets	$ 4,323,792	$ 2,547,542
Non-current assets	4,682,650	5,297,904
Total assets	9,006,442	7,845,446
Current liabilities	584,116	427,269
Non-current liabilities	1,650,252	1,393,200
Total liabilities	$ 2,234,368	$ 1,820,469

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Investment in OC-BVI (Details 1) - Ocean Conversion (Bvi) Ltd [Member] - USD ($)		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Income attributable to non-controlling interests
Revenues		$ 4,143,882	$ 4,679,829	$ 4,711,091
Cost of revenues		2,261,973	2,833,007	2,886,820
Gross profit		1,881,909	1,846,822	1,824,271
General and administrative expenses		958,364	940,072	957,743
Income from operations		923,545	906,750	866,528
Other income (expense), net	[1]	(176,448)	(188,751)	1,411,932
Net income		747,097	717,999	2,278,460
Income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests		70,854	21,045	27,793
Net income attributable to controlling interests		$ 676,243	$ 696,954	$ 2,250,667

[1] Other income (expense), net, includes $2,000,000 for the year ended December 31, 2013 in award amounts received under the Court ruling for the Baughers Bay litigation.

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Investment in OC-BVI (Details Textual)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended							12 Months Ended							42 Months Ended	108 Months Ended
	Jan. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) gal	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2010 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2009 USD ($) gal	Dec. 31, 2007 USD ($) gal	Jun. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2003 USD ($)	Mar. 04, 2010 gal
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage		43.53%							43.53%
Equity Method Investments Voting Shares Percentage		50.00%							50.00%
Equity Method Investment, Interest In Profit Percentage		45.00%							45.00%
Equity Method Investment, Other than Temporary Impairment		$ 250,000	$ 225,000	$ 275,000	$ 310,000	$ 860,000			$ 1,060,000	$ 860,000	$ 200,000
Equity Method Investments		4,548,271				5,208,603			4,548,271	5,208,603
Intangible assets, net		771,811				927,900			771,811	927,900
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments									294,368	303,380	979,716
Profit Loss From Subsidiaries									105,300	111,375	357,636
Sales Revenue, Services, Net									2,007,190	2,253,135	843,413
Due from Related Parties		23,803				33,707			23,803	33,707
Bar Bay plant [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Assets that comprise Bar Bay plant		4,400,000							4,400,000
1990 Agreement [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Cost to Expand Production Capacity of Plant																	$ 4,700,000
Bar Bay Agreement [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Delivery Terms, Volume of water per day | gal																		600,000
Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Equity Method Investments		4,548,271				5,208,603			4,548,271	5,208,603
Loss Contingency, Damages Awarded, Value														$ 10,400,000
Proceeds from Legal Settlements								$ 2,000,000				$ 1,000,000	$ 2,000,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Paid, Value																$ 5,000,000
Legal Settlement Recovery Principle Amount Due							$ 5,400,000
Legal Settlement Recovery Due							6,700,000
Income (Loss) from Equity Method Investments									294,369	303,380	979,716
Profit Loss From Subsidiaries									105,300	111,375	357,636
Equity Method Investment, Difference Between Carrying Amount and Underlying Equity		900,000							900,000
Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] | 1990 Agreement [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Proceeds from Legal Settlements	$ 2,000,000						$ 4,700,000
Loss Contingency, Damages Sought, Value															$ 4,700,000
Litigation Settlement, Expense														$ 4,700,000
Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd [Member] | Management Service [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Intangible assets, net		106,000				$ 196,000			106,000	196,000
Sales Revenue, Services, Net									528,346	$ 747,340	784,626
Baughers Bay [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Purchase Price Agreed for Plant Under Agreement		$ 1,420,000							$ 1,420,000							$ 1,420,000
Plant Capacity | gal								1,700,000						1,700,000
Equity Method Investment Summarized Financial Information Other Income Expense											$ 2,000,000
Bar Bay [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Plant Capacity | gal															720,000

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N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (Details Textual) gal in Millions			1 Months Ended						3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 06, 2015 gal	May. 15, 2014 USD ($)	May. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2014 USD ($)	May. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Nov. 30, 2012 USD ($) m² gal	Feb. 29, 2012 USD ($)	May. 31, 2010 gal	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) gal	Dec. 31, 2015 MXN gal	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 MXN	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) ha gal	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) ha	Dec. 31, 2015 MXN
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
General and administrative expenses										$ 14,458,494		$ 16,654,439		$ 15,844,303
Assets, Total										161,616,698		160,459,831
Liabilities, Total										13,421,593		16,377,167
Land										20,600,000
Option agreement [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Payments To Enter Option Agreement							$ 300,000
Mexican Tax Authority [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Income Tax Examination, Estimate of Possible Loss										428,203	MXN 7,367,875	456,083	MXN 7,367,875
Minimum [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Delivery Terms, Volume of water per day | gal						20
Maximum [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Delivery Terms, Volume of water per day | gal						40
N S C Agua [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners								50.00%
Total Percentage Of Ownership Interest In An Acquired Company					99.90%
Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Per Day Processing Capacity | gal								100						100
General and administrative expenses										2,200,000		3,700,000		$ 3,200,000
Further Required Payment As Compensation For Operation and Maintenance														500,000
Assets, Total										22,000,000		22,000,000
Liabilities, Total										$ 488,000		214,000
Payments for Compensation for Operation and Maintenance									$ 350,000
Operating Leases, Rent Expense per month						$ 20,000
Land														$ 12,000,000
Area of Land						5,000								12	8.1
Payments to Acquire Land		$ 10,000,000	$ 7,400,000		$ 500,000									$ 2,000,000	$ 500,000
N S C Agua [Member] | First Phase [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Per Day Processing Capacity | gal	50									50	50
N S C Agua [Member] | Second Phase [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Seawater Reverse Osmosis Desalination Plant Per Day Processing Capacity | gal	50									50	50
N S C Agua [Member] | Option agreement [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Repayment of inter-company loan payable					$ 5,700,000
Total Voting Interest Percentage After Conversion Of Loan					99.90%
Percentage of Voting Interest Acquired through Option Agreement							25.00%
Payments For Option Exercised				$ 1,000,000
Option Agreement Expiration Date							Feb. 07, 2014
N S C Agua [Member] | Mexican Tax Authority [Member] | Letter of Credit [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Irrevocable letter of credit										$ 428,203		$ 456,083				MXN 7,367,875
NSA [Member]
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners								50.00%

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Intangible assets (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cost
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	$ 2,378,775	$ 2,678,775
Accumulated amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(1,606,964)	(1,750,875)
Intangible assets, net	771,811	927,900
Intangible Asset Management Service Agreement [Member]
Cost
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	856,356	856,356
Accumulated amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(750,697)	(660,800)
Belize Water Production And Supply Agreement [Member]
Cost
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	1,522,419	1,522,419
Accumulated amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(856,267)	(790,075)
Option agreement [Member]
Cost
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	0	300,000
Accumulated amortization
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	$ 0	$ (300,000)

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Intangible assets (Details 1)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
2016	$ 156,757
2017	81,286
2018	66,192
2019	66,192
2020	66,192
Thereafter	335,192
Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net	$ 771,811

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Intangible assets (Details Textual) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Feb. 29, 2012	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2003
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Payment For Nsc Option Agreement	$ 300,000
Amortization of Intangible Assets		$ 156,089	$ 168,588	$ 358,527
Option agreement [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Payment For Nsc Option Agreement					$ 300,000
Belize Water Production And Supply Agreement [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite Lived Intangible Asset Amortization Period		23 years
Desal Co [Member]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Business Acquisition, Percentage of Voting Interests Acquired						100.00%

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Dividends (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended												12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Dividends Per Share Declared	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.075	$ 0.30	$ 0.30	$ 0.30

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Long term debt (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 7,000,000	$ 9,000,000
Less current portion	7,000,000	9,000,000
Long term debt, excluding current portion	0	0
Demand Note Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 7,000,000	$ 9,000,000

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Long term debt (Details Textual) - Demand Note Payable [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Periodic Payment	$ 500,000
Debt Instrument, Maturity Date	May 14, 2016
Loans Payable, Original Amount	$ 10,000,000
Debt Instrument, Frequency of Periodic Payment	quarterly installments
Debt Instrument, Basis Spread on Variable Rate	1.50%

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Share capital and additional paid-in capital (Details Textual) - 12 months ended Dec. 31, 2015	$ / shares	KYD / shares
Share Capital And Additional Paid In Capital [Line Items]
Options Redemption Price | KYD / shares		KYD 0.01
Options, Exercise Basis Assumptions	Assuming that the common shares had a per share value of $20.00 at such time, the holder of each valid Option would be entitled to purchase 10 common shares for $100.00.
Class B Common Stock [Member]
Share Capital And Additional Paid In Capital [Line Items]
Options Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 100.00
Criteria One Description	a person or group of affiliated or associated persons (an Acquiring Person) has acquired, or obtained the right to acquire, beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the Companys outstanding common shares
Criteria Two Description	an Acquiring Person (or by certain related parties) following any person, alone or jointly with its affiliates and associates, becoming an Acquiring Person would entitle its holder to purchase $200.00 worth of the Companys common shares for $100.00.
Option Expiration Date	Jul. 31, 2017

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Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	$ 34,189,644	$ 42,443,580	$ 40,316,252
Electricity [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	10,675,287	14,631,638	13,634,617
Depreciation [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	5,270,454	5,077,293	4,822,967
Fuel oil [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	4,974,421	8,726,195	10,106,409
Employee costs [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	4,669,445	4,630,609	4,422,093
Cost of plant sales [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	878,396	1,470,045	0
Maintenance [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	3,429,736	3,131,947	2,332,893
Retail license royalties [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	1,427,073	1,405,067	1,357,988
Insurance [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	1,187,097	1,397,799	1,499,201
Other [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
Cost of Revenue	$ 1,677,735	$ 1,972,987	$ 2,140,084

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Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses (Details 1) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	$ 14,458,494	$ 16,654,439	$ 15,844,303
Employee costs [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	6,459,612	6,314,908	6,218,948
Insurance [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	802,386	923,089	969,370
Professional fees [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	941,193	1,424,927	1,005,495
Directors' fees and expenses [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	754,145	686,228	752,044
Depreciation [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	218,032	278,478	290,622
NSC project expenses [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	2,168,408	3,702,332	3,158,309
Other [Member]
Cost of revenues and general and administrative expenses [Line Items]
General and Administrative Expense	$ 3,114,718	$ 3,324,477	$ 3,449,515

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Earnings per share (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	$ 7,518,701	$ 6,265,358	$ 8,594,519
Less: preferred stock dividends	(12,028)	(11,485)	(11,222)
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share	$ 7,506,673	$ 6,253,873	$ 8,583,297
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in shares)	14,741,748	14,697,896	14,633,884
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period (in shares)	38,612	37,924	34,827
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants (in shares)	47,395	28,503	35,169
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders (in shares)	14,827,755	14,764,323	14,703,880

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Segment information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 57,116,202	$ 65,559,078	$ 63,822,131
Cost of revenues	34,189,644	42,443,580	40,316,252
Gross profit (loss)	22,926,558	23,115,498	23,505,879
General and administrative expenses	14,458,494	16,654,439	15,844,303
Income (loss) from operations	8,468,064	6,461,059	7,661,576
Other income (expense), net	(542,570)	303,481	1,486,913
Net income	7,925,494	6,764,540	9,148,489
Income attributable to non-controlling interests	406,793	499,182	553,970
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders	7,518,701	6,265,358	8,594,519
Accounts receivable, net	9,529,016	11,773,744
Property plant and equipment, net	53,743,170	56,396,988
Construction in progress	1,928,610	1,900,016
Goodwill	3,499,037	3,499,037
Land held for development	20,558,424	20,558,424
Total assets	161,616,698	160,459,831
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	23,254,757	24,104,932	23,018,498
Cost of revenues	10,925,634	11,944,071	10,956,904
Gross profit (loss)	12,329,123	12,160,861	12,061,594
General and administrative expenses	10,713,687	11,183,731	10,812,877
Income (loss) from operations	1,615,436	977,130	1,248,717
Accounts receivable, net	2,261,141	2,521,008
Property plant and equipment, net	25,204,226	26,978,259
Construction in progress	1,860,050	902,656
Goodwill	1,170,511	1,170,511
Land held for development	0	0
Total assets	54,603,249	51,319,117
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	31,854,255	39,201,011	39,960,220
Cost of revenues	21,634,789	27,919,249	28,279,088
Gross profit (loss)	10,219,466	11,281,762	11,681,132
General and administrative expenses	1,605,943	1,605,499	1,643,869
Income (loss) from operations	8,613,523	9,676,263	10,037,263
Accounts receivable, net	6,231,626	8,399,999
Property plant and equipment, net	28,421,906	29,318,534
Construction in progress	68,560	997,360
Goodwill	2,328,526	2,328,526
Land held for development	0	0
Total assets	83,284,439	85,063,571
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,007,190	2,253,135	843,413
Cost of revenues	1,629,221	2,580,260	1,080,260
Gross profit (loss)	377,969	(327,125)	(236,847)
General and administrative expenses	2,138,864	3,865,209	3,387,557
Income (loss) from operations	(1,760,895)	(4,192,334)	$ (3,624,404)
Accounts receivable, net	1,036,249	852,737
Property plant and equipment, net	117,038	100,195
Construction in progress	0	0
Goodwill	0	0
Land held for development	20,558,424	20,558,424
Total assets	$ 23,729,010	$ 24,077,143

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Segment information (Details 1) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 57,116,202	$ 65,559,078	$ 63,822,131
Cayman Islands [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	32,735,215	35,040,803	31,164,165
Bahamas [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	21,062,081	26,702,605	29,192,529
Indonesia [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	368,012	471,919	144,030
Belize [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	2,422,547	2,596,410	2,536,780
Management Services Agreement With OC-BVI [Membre]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	528,347	747,341	784,627
Water and Sewerage Corporation [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 20,770,347	$ 26,376,520	$ 28,861,195
Percentage of total revenues	36.00%	40.00%	45.00%
Water Authority - Cayman [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Revenues	$ 8,369,627	$ 9,901,996	$ 8,230,912
Percentage of total revenues	15.00%	15.00%	13.00%

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Segment information (Details 2) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	$ 53,743,170	$ 56,396,988
Cayman Island operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	22,518,524	23,681,420
Bahamas operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	27,441,376	28,208,145
Belize operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	920,149	1,025,970
Indonesia operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	2,665,312	3,245,846
All other country operations [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net	$ 197,809	$ 235,607

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Segment information (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Retail [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	$ 2,344,315	$ 2,404,404	$ 2,077,903
Bulk [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	3,389,717	3,196,912	3,281,231
Services [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization	$ 102,901	$ 102,396	$ 292,335

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Commitments and contingencies (Details)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-Cancelable Operating Leases [Line Items]
2016	$ 717,874
2017	740,778
2018	753,303
2019	590,130
2020	490,244
Thereafter	3,160,724
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due	$ 6,453,053

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Commitments and contingencies (Details Textual)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) gal	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 29, 2011 gal
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net	$ 821,845	$ 812,658	$ 822,159
Employment Agreement Base Annual Salaries	2,100,000
Goodwill	$ 3,499,037	$ 3,499,037
Cayman Water Retail Operations, Percentage Of Gross Profit	55.00%	53.00%	52.00%
Cayman Water Retail Operations, Percentage Of Revenue	40.00%	36.00%	36.00%
Noncancellable Lease Term Expiration Date	2035
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Amount	$ 1,200,000
Operating Income (Loss)	8,468,064	$ 6,461,059	$ 7,661,576
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 53,743,170	56,396,988
Long-term Purchase Commitment, Date	Dec. 31, 2018
Cw Bahamas [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Delivery Terms Volume Of Water Per Week | gal	63,000,000
Cw Belize [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Delivery Terms, Volume of water per day | gal				450,000
CW-Bahamas Windsor Plant [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Revenue, Net	$ 5,800,000	6,200,000	7,200,000
Delivery Terms Volume Of Water Per Week | gal	16,800,000
CW Bali [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Plant Capacity | gal	790,000
Operating Income (Loss)	$ (484,000)	$ (458,000)	$ (438,000)
Property, plant and equipment, net	$ 3,000,000

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Stock-based compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Risk free interest rate	0.41%	0.48%	0.47%
Expected option life (years)	1 year 4 months 24 days	1 year 4 months 24 days	1 year 8 months 12 days
Expected volatility	33.74%	48.06%	27.87%
Expected dividend yield	2.35%	2.71%	2.71%

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Stock-based compensation (Details 1) - Employee Stock Option [Member]	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Outstanding at the beginning of period -Options | shares	186,632
Granted - Options | shares	12,645
Exercised - Options | shares	(48,885)
Forfeited/expired - Options | shares	(55,914)
Outstanding at the ending of period -Options | shares	94,478
Exercisable-Options | shares	75,078
Outstanding-Weighted Average Exercise Price at the beginning of period - Options | $ / shares	$ 10.18
Granted-Weighted Average Exercise Price | $ / shares	9.92
Exercised-Weighted Average Exercise Price | $ / shares	7.90
Forfeited/expired-Weighted Average Exercise Price | $ / shares	10.30
Outstanding-Weighted Average Exercise Price at the ending of period - Options | $ / shares	10.52
Exercisable-Weighted Average Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 10.46
Outstanding-Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	1 year 22 days
Exercisable-Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years)	10 months 10 days
Outstanding-Aggregate Intrinsic Value | $	$ 164,500	[1]
Exercisable-Aggregate Intrinsic Value | $	$ 133,764	[1]

[1] The intrinsic value of a stock option represents the amount by which the fair value of the underlying stock, measured by reference to the closing price of the common shares of $12.24 on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on December 31, 2015, exceeds the exercise price of the option.

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Stock-based compensation (Details 2) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Intrinsic Value	$ 87,371	$ 17,162	$ 190,212
Below Market Price [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 4.19	$ 0	$ 4.65
Below Market Price [Member] | Employees [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	4.19	0	4.65
At Market Price [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	3.39	3.11	3.18
At Market Price [Member] | Management Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	0	0	0
At Market Price [Member] | Employees [Member] | Common Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	3.39	3.11	3.18
Above Market Price [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	0	0.59	0
Above Market Price [Member] | Management Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	0	0	0
Above Market Price [Member] | Employees [Member] | Preferred Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 0	$ 0.59	$ 0

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Stock-based compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	May. 14, 2008
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense, Net of Tax	$ 143,951	$ 116,574	$ 246,473
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price	$ 10.46
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Nonvested, Number of Shares	19,400
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Number	75,078
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Nonvested, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value	$ 10.74
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Options Non Vested Outstanding Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	1 year 10 months 13 days
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	10 months 10 days
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized, Period for Recognition	1 year 10 months 13 days
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 28,012
Share-based Compensation	$ 407,668	$ 202,454	$ 381,976
Non Executive Directors Share Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	10,514	5,992	13,980
Share-based Compensation	$ 143,218	$ 85,880	$ 135,503
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 120,500
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	12,645
Employee Stock Option [Member] | Common Stock Options [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Gross	4,030	2,990	6,600
Equity Incentive Plan2008 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common Stock, Capital Shares Reserved for Future Issuance				1,500,000
Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Vested and Expected to Vest, Outstanding, Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term	1 year 2 months 8 days
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Cost Not yet Recognized	$ 143,234
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	8,615	5,957	10,180
Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member] | Employee Share Option Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	8,615	5,957	10,180

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Retirement benefits (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Staff Pension Plans Contribution Matched To Participating Employee Salary	$ 72,000
Pension Expense	$ 328,084	$ 325,576	$ 300,682
Cayman Islands [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent	5.00%
Florida [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Defined Contribution Plan, Maximum Annual Contributions Per Employee, Percent	6.00%

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Financial instruments (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Recurring
Restricted cash	$ 428,203	$ 456,083
Certificate of deposit	5,637,538	5,000,000
Total recurring	6,065,741	5,456,083
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	4,548,271	5,208,603
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member]
Recurring
Restricted cash	428,203	456,083
Certificate of deposit	0	0
Total recurring	428,203	456,083
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member]
Recurring
Restricted cash	0	0
Certificate of deposit	5,637,538	5,000,000
Total recurring	5,637,538	5,000,000
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	0	0
Fair Value, Inputs, Level 3 [Member]
Recurring
Restricted cash	0	0
Certificate of deposit	0	0
Total recurring	0	0
Nonrecurring
Investment in OC-BVI	$ 4,548,271	$ 5,208,603

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Financial instruments (Details 1) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Financial Instruments [Line Items]
Balance, Beginning				$ 5,208,603		$ 5,208,603
Profit sharing and equity from earnings of OC-BVI						399,668	$ 414,755	$ 1,337,352
Distributions received from OC-BVI						0	(969,600)	(1,439,250)
Impairment of investment in OC-BVI (See Note 8)	$ (250,000)	$ (225,000)	$ (275,000)	$ (310,000)	$ (860,000)	(1,060,000)	(860,000)	$ (200,000)
Balance, Ending	$ 4,548,271				$ 5,208,603	$ 4,548,271	$ 5,208,603

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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Supplemental Disclosure Of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Interest paid in cash	$ 147,546	$ 196,768	$ 380,014
Non-cash transactions:
Transfers from inventory to property plant and equipment and construction in progress	123,036	168,622	181,875
Transfers from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment	2,694,733	2,693,622	4,924,980
Issuance of 10,514, 18,294, and 25,111, respectively, shares of common stock for services rendered	119,018	263,098	217,826
Issuance of 8,615, 5,957, and 10,180 , respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock for services rendered for services rendered	110,703	65,289	110,249
Conversion (on a one-to-one basis) of 7,195, 4,756, and 4,720, respectively, shares of redeemable preferred stock to common stock	4,317	2,854	2,832
Dividends declared but not paid	1,111,501	1,106,456	1,104,271
Obligation incurred for land held for development	$ 0	$ 0	$ 10,050,000

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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information (Details Textual) - shares	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure Of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	8,615	5,957	10,180
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Conversion of Convertible Securities	(7,195)	(4,756)	(4,720)
Common Stock [Member]
Supplemental Disclosure Of Cash Flow Information [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Issued for Services	10,514	18,294	25,111

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Subsequent events (Details Textual) - Subsequent Event [Member] $ in Millions	1 Months Ended
	Feb. 11, 2016 USD ($)
Consolidated Water U.S. Holdings Inc [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Parent	51.00%
Business Combination, Consideration Transferred, Total	$ 7.7
Aerex Industries Inc [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Noncontrolling Interest, Ownership Percentage by Noncontrolling Owners	49.00%