EXHIBIT 99.2
Published on April 7, 2009
Exhibit 99.2
Controls and Procedures
Managements Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
California
Water Service Group maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d -15(e)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) that are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods
specified in the Securities and Exchange Commissions rules and forms, and that such information is
accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
In designing and evaluation the disclosure controls and procedures, management, including the
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, recognized that any controls and procedures,
no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the
desired control objectives, and management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the
cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Accordingly, our disclosure controls
and procedures have been designed to provide reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives.
Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial
Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31,
2008. Based on that evaluation, we concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were
effective at the reasonable assurance level.
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended
December 31, 2008, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our
internal control over financial reporting.
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended). Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2008. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set
forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal
Control-Integrated Framework. Management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2008, our internal
control over financial reporting is effective based on these criteria. Our independent registered
public accounting firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, has audited the effectiveness of our internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, as stated in their report, which is
included herein.