Maude Barlow, Canadian water activist and author. Her bestselling books are "Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water" and "Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water." She is the national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, a citizens’’ advocacy organization. She is also the co-founder of the Blue Planet Project, which works internationally for the right to water. Maude chairs the board of Washington-based Food and Water Watch. She was the Senior Advisor on Water to the United Nations. Barlow is called the "Al Gore of Water." In this illuminating interview Barlow explores the many myths we have about water, describes the global water crisis, and argues that access to safe drinking water should be a basic human right.