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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-17-003079
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20171231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20171129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20171129

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO-SABESP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001170858
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER SUPPLY [4941]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31317
		FILM NUMBER:		171228084

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA COSTA CARVALHO, 300
		STREET 2:		SAO PAULO
		CITY:			SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05429-900
		BUSINESS PHONE:		011-55-11-3388-8000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA COSTA CARVALHO, 300
		STREET 2:		SAO PAULO
		CITY:			SP
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			05429-900
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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>FORM 6-K</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER</B><BR><B>PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE</B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman"><B>For&nbsp;November, 2017</B></FONT></DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman"><B>(Commission File No. 1-31317) </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Companhia de Saneamento B&#225;sico do Estado de S&#227;o Paulo - SABESP </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman"><B>Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo - SABESP </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman"><B>Rua Costa Carvalho, 300 <BR>S&#227;o Paulo, S.P., 05429-900 <BR>Federative Republic of Brazil </B></FONT></DIV>

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<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file <BR>annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. <BR><BR>Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F ______</FONT></DIV>

<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K <BR>in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)__.</FONT></DIV>

<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K <BR>in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7)__.</FONT></DIV>

<P align=center><FONT size=2 face="'Times New Roman, Times, Serif'">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the <BR>information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the <BR>information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under <BR>the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. <BR><BR>Yes ______ No ___X___</FONT></P>

<DIV align=center><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">If "Yes" is marked, indicated below the file number assigned to the<BR>registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):</FONT> </DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 11.05pt 0pt 0in" align=center><B><FONT lang=PT-BR style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" face=verdana,sans-serif>COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO B&#193;SICO DO ESTADO DE S&#195;O PAULO - SABESP</FONT></B></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 11.05pt 0pt 0in" align=center><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" face=verdana,sans-serif>Corporate Taxpayer&#8217;s ID (CNPJ) No. 43.776.517/0001-80</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 11.05pt 0pt 0in" align=center><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal" face=verdana,sans-serif>State Registry (NIRE) 35.3000.1683-1</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>SUMMARY OF THE MINUTES OF THE EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE&nbsp; </FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif><BR></FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>BOARD OF DIRECTORS</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>On October 11, 2017, at 3 p.m. (GMT -3), convened by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Benedito Pinto Ferreira Braga Junior, extraordinarily, as provided for in Paragraph 4 of Article 12 of the Bylaws, the undernamed and undersigned members of the Board of Directors of Companhia de Saneamento B&#225;sico do Estado de S&#227;o Paulo &#8211; SABESP gathered together and resolved on, via electronic mail, the following matters of the agenda:</FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>(1)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face="times new roman"> </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>New tariff tables effective as of November 10, 2017</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>, which was carried out based on the Executive Board Resolution No. 0240/2017, of October 11, 2017, which deals with the new tariffs due to the tariff repositioning of 7.8888% authorized by the Regulatory Agency for Sanitation and Energy of the State of S&#227;o Paulo (ARSESP - Ag&#234;ncia Reguladora de Saneamento e Energia do Estado de S&#227;o Paulo) in Resolution No. 753, of October 10, 2017. The tariff does not include the Regulation, Control and Inspection Fee (TRCF), established by the State Complementary Law No. 1.025/2007, which will be detailed in the bill of the customers of the respective Municipalities in which the fee is charged, pursuant to Paragraph 2 of Article 2 of ARSESP Resolution No. 406/2013. Based on Article 13-VI of the Bylaws, were approved by unanimous vote the </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>new tariff tables effective as of November 10, 2017 and the collection of the Regulation, Control and Inspection Fee (TRCF), established by Complementary State Law No. 1.025/2007, which will be highlighted in the bills of water supply and/or sewage collection in the municipalities in which this fee is charged, as of November 11, 2017.</FONT></B></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in"><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>(2)</FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 7pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face="times new roman"> </FONT></B><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>Signature of the First Amendment to the Private Transaction Agreement and Other Adjustments between Sabesp and EMAE</FONT></B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>, which was carried out based on the Executive Board Resolution No. 0241/2017, of October 11, 2017, and in the draft of the Agreement. It deals on the execution of the First Amendment to the Private Transaction Agreement and Other Adjustments signed on October 28, 2016 by Sabesp and EMAE, with the sole purpose of removing the condition precedent regarding the need for the </FONT>


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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt" face=verdana,sans-serif>agreement to be approved by the Extraordinary Shareholders&#8217; Meeting of EMAE, with this no longer being a precedent condition of the agreement. This resolution was based on:</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 35.4pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0in"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt" face=verdana,sans-serif>a) Official letter OF/P/4044/2017 in which EMAE informs SABESP that the Board of Directors of that company, at a meeting held on October 3, 2017, resolved to advise the Executive Board of EMAE to take the necessary measures to amend the Transaction Agreement between the parties with the purpose of removing one of the precedent conditions that stated that the approval of the Transaction Instrument had to be granted by the Extraordinary Shareholders&#8217; Meeting of EMAE.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>b) The fact that the premises on which the agreement was grounded remain valid for SABESP and that the term established in article 2.4 is near, which states that if any of the precedent conditions are not met within one year of the signature of the agreement, the Transaction will be resolved, having no effect and being considered as never signed.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>c) Approval of the Agreement by the Board of Directors of EMAE and SABESP</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>d) Approval of the Agreement by ANEEL (Procedural Order No. 3.431, of December 31, 2016)</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>e) The fact that the non-approval of the agreement by the Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting of EMAE was due to Report No. 64/2017-CVM/SEP/GEA-3, of June 22, 2017, stating that the controlling shareholder of EMAE could not participate in the said resolution, concluding that the controlling shareholder of EMAE should be prevented to vote in the resolution on the Transaction Agreement in the ESM. </FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>f) The summaries of the minutes 33, 34 and 36 of the meeting of CVM's board with the information stating that the approval of the Transaction Agreement in an ESM is not a legal nor a statutory requirement in EMAE&#8217;s case, and that it should proceed to effectively solve the issue, considering the best interest of the company, with the possibility of solving the issue through the proposed amendment.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 35.4pt"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>g) The validity of the agreement clears Sabesp from an uncertainty translated into a considerable financial risk and establishes reasonable payments that are in line with the activity effectively carried out by EMAE and related to Sabesp&#8217;s operation - withdrawal of water from the reservoirs for public supply in the RMSP - and the maintenance costs may be shared due to this activity.</FONT></P>

<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, was approved by unanimous vote, the </FONT><B><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" face=verdana,sans-serif>signature of the First Amendment to the Private Transaction Agreement and Other Adjustments between Sabesp and EMAE</FONT></B></P></DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0pt 6pt 0in"><FONT lang=EN-US style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%" color=black face=verdana,sans-serif>The minutes, once approved, will be signed by the Members of the Board of Directors: Benedito Pinto Ferreira Braga Junior, Francisco Luiz Sibut Gomide, Francisco Vidal Luna, Jer&#244;nimo Antunes, Jerson Kelman, Lucas Navarro Prado, Lu&#237;s Eduardo Alves de Assis and Reinaldo Guerreiro.</FONT></P>

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<DIV align=justify><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city S&#227;o Paulo, Brazil. <BR></FONT></DIV>

<DIV align=justify><FONT color=#000000 size=3 face="Times New Roman">Date:&nbsp;November 29, 2017</FONT></DIV>

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   <TD vAlign=bottom align=left>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;<FONT style="FONT-FAMILY: times new roman" size=3>Rui de Britto &#193;lvares Affonso</FONT>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

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   <DIV align=left><FONT color=#000000 size=2 face="Times New Roman">Name: Rui de Britto &#193;lvares Affonso </FONT></DIV>

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<P align=justify><FONT size=2 face="'Times New Roman, Times, Serif'">This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are statements that are not historical facts, and are based on management's current view and estimates of future economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "expects", "plans" and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations. </FONT></P>

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