Looking north along the beach at Carmel Bay State Marine Conservation Area in Carmel-by-the-Sea, Calif., in an undated photo. A new partnership aims to safeguard the bay’s water with a first-of-its-kind Clean Water Act permit. (CDFW photo by L. Gatlin via Bay City News)

Pebble Beach Company and three environmental nonprofits announced a landmark partnership last week to safeguard water quality in the Carmel Bay, a state-designated Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS), officials announced. 

In collaboration with California Coastkeeper Alliance, The Otter Project, and Monterey Waterkeeper, the company will pursue the nation’s first Clean Water Act permit specifically for golf course discharges into an ASBS. 

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