Exhibit 23.1


CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
California Water Service Group

We consent to  incorporation  by reference in the  registration  statements (No.
333-46447 on Form S-3 and No. 333-60810 on Form S-8) of California Water Service
Group of our reports  dated  January 30, 2002 with  respect to the  consolidated
balance sheet of California  Water Service Group and subsidiaries as of December
31, 2001 and 2000,  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,  2001,  and the  related
schedule,  which  reports  appear in or are  incorporated  by  reference  in the
December 31, 2001, annual report on Form 10-K of California Water Service Group.

                                                           /s/ KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
March 22, 2002