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S-3ASR Filing
Watts Water (WTS) S-3ASRAutomatic shelf registration
Filed: 25 Mar 09, 12:00am
Exhibit 23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Board of Directors
Watts Water Technologies, Inc.:
We consent to the use of our reports dated February 27, 2009, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2008, and the related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in the prospectus.
Our report covering the December 31, 2008 consolidated financial statements refers to the adoption of the recognition and disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R) effective December 31, 2006 and its measurement date provisions on January 1, 2007 and the adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 effective January 1, 2007.
Our report dated February 27, 2009 on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, contains an explanatory paragraph that states Watts Water Technologies, Inc. acquired Blücher Metal A/S and subsidiaries during 2008, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Watts Water Technologies, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, Blücher Metal A/S and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting associated with total assets of $190.3 million and total revenues of $50.8 million included in the consolidated financial statements of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries as of and for the year ended December 31, 2008. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Watts Water Technologies, Inc. also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Blücher Metal A/S and subsidiaries.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
March 25, 2009