CONSENT TO KPMG LLP
Published on March 15, 2004
Exhibit 23.1
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
The Board of Directors and Stockholders
California Water Service Group
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements ( No.
333-103721 on Form S-3 and No. 333-60810 on Form S-8) of California Water
Service Group of our report dated January 27, 2004, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheets of California Water Service Group and subsidiaries
as of December 31, 2003 and 2002, 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, 2003, which report
appears in or is incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2003, annual
report on Form 10-K of California Water Service Group.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
February 25, 2004