CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on March 25, 2003
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 (Nos.
333-46447 and 333-103721 on Form S-3 and No. 333-60810 on Form S-8) of
California Water Service Group of our reports dated January 29, 2003, except as
to Note 16, which is as of February 28, 2003, with respect to the consolidated
balance sheet of California Water Service Group and subsidiaries as of December
31, 2002 and 2001, 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, 2002, and the related
schedule, which reports appear in or are incorporated by reference in the
December 31, 2002, annual report on Form 10-K of California Water Service Group.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
March 20, 2003
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