Pure Cycle Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- PRESENTATION OF INTERIM INFORMATION (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)

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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)	3 Months Ended
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details)	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($) acre ft	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) acre ft	Nov. 30, 2022 agreement	Jan. 01, 2022 $ / gal	Aug. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Jan. 01, 2021 $ / gal
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Investments in the WISE infrastructure	$ 53,506,000				$ 53,786,000
Number Of Loan Agreements \| agreement			2
South Metropolitan Water Supply Authority [Member] \| Phase 1 Reimbursable Costs [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Costs incurred to date	$ 500,000
Facilities Funding and Acquisition Agreement [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Interest rate	6.00%
Rangeview District [Member] \| WISE Partnership [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Volume of received metered water \| acre ft	11	166
Payments for water	$ 100,000	$ 300,000
Water rate \| $ / gal				6.13		5.98
Investments in the WISE infrastructure	6,300,000
Rangeview District [Member] \| Loan Receivable [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Maximum borrowing capacity	$ 250,000
Interest rate	5.25%
Renewal term	12 months
Rangeview District [Member] \| Loan Receivable [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Rangeview District [Member] \| Note Receivable [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Interest rate	8.00%
Notes receivable	$ 1,100,000				1,200,000
Borrowings under notes receivable	700,000				700,000
Accrued interest on notes receivable	400,000				$ 500,000
Interest Received	$ 100,000
Sky Ranch CAB [Member]
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Interest rate	6.00%
Notes receivable	$ 29,500,000
Fund for construction of public improvements	10,400,000
Costs incurred to date	$ 6,800,000

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