CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS.
Published on December 20, 1999
EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Shareholders and Board of Directors
California Water Service Group:
We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
post-effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-4 of California Water Service Group of
our report dated January 22, 1999, relating to the consolidated balance sheet
of California Water Service Group and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and
1997, and the related consolidated statements of income, common shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1998, which report appears in the December 31, 1998, annual report
on Form 10-K of California Water Service Group, and to the reference to our
firm under the heading "EXPERTS" in the prospectus.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
December 16, 1999