Table 8

Potential Impacts	Location	Source of impact		Receiver	Severity	Mitigation Required
Noise and disturbance	Terrestrial	Noise and disturbance	Changes in distribution, activity patterns or breeding success	Disturbance-sensitive wildlife species on and near the site	Minimal	No
Noise and disturbance	Subtidal	Maintenance	Disturbance	Adjacent marine habitats and dependant species	Minimal	No
Marine water quality	Subtidal	STW operation	Marked improvement in water quality	Sok Kwu Wan bay ecology	Positive effects	N/A
		Marine water quality	TIN level would exceed WQO, but within the range of current background variation.	Adjacent marine habitats and dependant species	Minimal	No
		Emergency discharge	Episodic marine water quality impact	Adjacent marine habitats and dependant species	Minimal	Provided in Section 5 of this report.