Pebble Beach Company, California Coastkeeper Alliance, The Otter Project and Monterey Waterkeeper are teaming up for a historic alliance to enhance the protection of water quality in the Carmel Bay, which is designated as an Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS). As part of its longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability and stewardship, Pebble Beach Company will, in coordination with its not-for-profit organization colleagues, pursue a first-in-nation Clean Water Act permit for discharges from Pebble Beach Golf Links into the Carmel Bay ASBS. This includes increasing water quality monitoring and developing updated best management practices related to dry-weather and stormwater discharges into the Carmel Bay ASBS, building on the company’s longstanding discharge management plan. Pebble Beach Company will also donate $50,000 to the Big Sur Land Trust to support environmental projects related to water quality in the Carmel Bay ASBS and for programs to facilitate access to Carmel Bay.

Other Carmel Bay water quality news:

• Monterey Herald (Calif.): Local alliance aims to protect water quality in Carmel Bay