COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BASICO DO ESTADO DE SAO PAULO-SABESP

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For August 20, 2008

(Commission File No. 1-31317)

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Basic Sanitation Company of the State of Sao Paulo - SABESP

(Translation of Registrant's name into English)

Rua Costa Carvalho, 300 São Paulo, S.P., 05429-900 Federative Republic of Brazil

(Address of Registrant's principal executive offices)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F X Form 40-F ______

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COMPANHIA DE SANEAMENTO BÁSICO DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO – SABESP

PUBLICLY-HELD COMPANY CORPORATE TAXPAYER’S ID (CNPJ) 43.776.517/0001-80 CORPORATE REGISTRY ID (NIRE) 35.3000.1683 -1 SUBSCRIBED AND PAID-UP CAPITAL: R$6,203,688,565.23

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

CALL

The Shareholders of Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo – Sabesp are herein summoned, pursuant to the Company’s Bylaws, to attend the Extraordinary General Meeting to be held on July 28, 2008, at 3:00 pm, at the Company’s headquarters, located at Rua Costa Carvalho nº 300, in this Capital City, to discuss the following agenda:

Extraordinary General Meeting:

| I. | Proposal of amendment to the Bylaws, which will amend and renumber the chapters and articles as follows: Chapter I, articles 1 and 2, Chapter II, articles 3 and 4, Chapter III, article 5, Chapter IV, article 6, Chapter V, articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11,
12, 13 and 14, Chapter VI, articles 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19, Chapter VII, articles 20, 21 and 22, Chapter VIII, articles 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27, Chapter IX, articles 28 and 29, Chapter X, article 30, Chapter XI, article 31, Chapter XII, articles 32,
33, 34, 35, 36 and 37, Chapter XIII, article 38, Chapter XIV, articles 39, 40, 41, 42 and 43, Chapter XV, article 44, Chapter XVI, articles 45 and 46. |
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| II. | Election of a member of the Board of Directors. |

The documents concerning the matters to be resolved at the General Meeting will be available to Shareholders at the Company’s headquarters.

São Paulo, June 26, 2008.

Dilma Seli Pena Chairman of the Board of Directors

SIGNATURE

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 São Paulo, Brazil.

Date: August 20, 2008

Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
By:	/S/ Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso
	Name: Rui de Britto Álvares Affonso Title: Chief Financial Officer and Investor Relations Officer

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

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