Egypt's National Organization for Potable Water Supply and Sanitary Drainage (NOPWASD), in association with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is proposing to build a new sewage treatment plant for Suez City. The proposed treatment plant is one element of the Canal Cities Water and Wastewater Project Phase II , partially funded by USAID. Phase II of the project continues more than a decade of effort to rehabilitate Suez's war-damaged wastewater system, and provides capacity for future urban growth of this important region.