Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais plans, executes, expands, remodels, and explores public services, basic sanitation, water supply, sewage, sanitary, and solid waste in Brazil and internationally. It is involved in collection, treatment, and distribution of treated water to end consumers; collection, transportation, treatment, and final disposal of sewage, from the building connection to final release into the environment; and urban cleaning and solid waste management. The company was formerly known as Companhia Mineira de Água e Esgotos and changed its name to Companhia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais in November 1974. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.