CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on June 6, 2003
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
California Water Service Group:
We consent to incorporation by reference herein of our report 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.
We also consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
June 5, 2003