# Director Whelan discusses charging corporations for water to protect our water sources

Center for Sustainable Business

October 19, 2017 ![The Source Magazine logo 192 x 144](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thesource192x144.jpg?itok=V7Od7SgB) Director [Tensie Whelan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/center-sustainable-business/who-we-are/csb-leadership) spoke with interviewers at [The Source](http://thesource.com/) magazine about how we can protect our water sources: "Governments can help protect water sources by charging corporate users the real cost of water and use the proceeds to protect the water source..." Read the rest of Director Whelan's recommendations for business efforts for water conservation [here](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/sites/default/files/assets/documents/TensieWhelanTheSourceAugust2017.pdf).