Attached files

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EX-10.8 - DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN EFFECTIVE 010109 - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit10-8.htm
EX-31.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PER SARBANES-OXLEY ACT - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit31-1.htm
EX-10.5 - UBOC TRUST FOR DEFERRED COMP ESTABLISHED 123197 - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit10-5.htm
EX-10.6 - UBOC TRUST FOR DEFERRED COMP ESTABLISHED 120704 - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit10-6.htm
EX-32.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit32-2.htm
EX-32.1 - CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit32-1.htm
EX-10.7 - UBOC TRUST FOR NONEMPLOYEE DIRECTOR DEF COMP ESTAB. 092501 - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit10-7.htm
EX-21.1 - SUBSIDIARIES OF REGISTRANT - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit21-1.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF DELOITTE & TOUCH LLP - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit23-1.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF DANIEL B. STEPHENS AND ASSOCIATES, INC. - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit23-2.htm
10-K - PICO HOLDINGS FORM 10K 12-31-2009 - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.form10k.htm
EX-31.2 - CERTIFICATION OF CFO PER SARBANES-OXLEY ACT - VIDLER WATER RESOURCES, INC.exhibit31-2.htm
Exhibit 23.3


CONSENT OF EXPERT

I hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements on Form S-3 (No. 333-125362, No. 333-134296, No. 333-141321 and No. 333-147547) and Form S-8 (No. 333-142848) of PICO Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) of the findings in my report, Projections of Groundwater Impacts in Response to Proposed Pumping from Beneath the Tule Desert in Southeastern Nevada Using MODFLOW-2000, dated June 24, 2008, with respect to the estimated availability of groundwater in the Tule Desert Groundwater Basin appearing in “Item 3. Legal Proceedings” under the caption “Tule Desert Action to Reverse Ruling” and in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” under the caption “Tule Desert Groundwater Basin” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.  I hereby consent to all references to such report in such Annual Report on Form 10-K and I hereby consent to all references to such report in each such Registration Statement, and further consent to being named as an expert in each such Registration Statement and in each Prospectus to which any such Registration Statement relates.

Signed:

Peter A. Mock, Ph.D., R.G., P.H.



Signed: /s/ Peter A. Mock
Paradise Valley, Arizona
February 26, 2010