CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on March 27, 2001
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
California Water Service Group
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-46447) on Form S-3 of California Water Service Group of our reports dated
January 22, 2001, relating to the consolidated balance sheet of California Water
Service Group and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and the related
consolidated statements of income, common stockholders' equity and comprehensive
income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2000, and the related schedule, which reports appear in or are
incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K
of California Water Service Group.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
March 21, 2001
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