Form: S-8

Initial registration statement for securities to be offered to employees pursuant to employee benefit plans

May 11, 2001

EX 23.2

Published on May 11, 2001


Exhibit 23.2 Consent of Independent Auditors






The Board of Directors
California Water Service Group:

We consent to incorporation herein by reference 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.

KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
May 7, 2001


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