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Help Me Upstage Jon Stewart: What Would You Ask About the World's Water Crisis?
By Scott Dodd
July 5, 2011 | (3) Comments

Tomorrow in New York City's Bryant Park I'll be leading a discussion with Alex Prud'homme, author of the new book The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Fresh Water in the 21st Century, and Irena Salina, an award-winning documentarian whose 2008 film Flow covers much the same territory. Salina is also the editor of a new anthology, Written in Water: Messages of Hope for Earth's Most Precious Resource, which includes contributions on water from Alexandra Cousteau, Peter Gleick, Bill McKibben, and many more.

Prud'homme recently appeared on The Daily Show to talk about his book with Jon Stewart (who swears he wasn't "hoarding" when he slipped Prud'homme's mug of water away from him):

The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Alex Prud'homme
www.thedailyshow.com
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Following Jon Stewart is a tough gig for any interviewer, so I'm asking for your help to make my discussion tomorrow as interesting, informative, and entertaining as possible. What would you like to ask Prud'homme and Salina? What are your concerns about the water supply of the 21st century?

Email me, leave your questions in the comments below, or suggest them at OnEarth's Facebook wall. Or come on out to Bryant Park and ask them yourself during the Q&A period. The talk is in the Bryant Park Reading Room starting at 12:30 p.m. It'll be hot, so bring some refreshing water -- while you still can!

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#1
Caitlin Wrote on July 5, 2011 - 17:48
I just finished reading "The Ripple Effect" after seeing Prud'homme on "The Daily Show." I would ask him about the issue of hydraulic fracturing. As someone that is working constantly on this issue, I found it a little upsetting that there were only about 8 of the 370 pages within the book dedicated to the growing issue. I do realize that there are vast problems of our water throughout the world, but perhaps getting his take on this ever important issue in a bit more detail than was offered in his book. The fact that the process requires millions of gallons of water per fracture per well, suggests that this is something we need to address now, before it is beyond our control.
#2
Lelia Vaughan Wrote on July 6, 2011 - 13:04
Hydraulic Fracturing pollutes and wastes millions of gallons of water per gas well drilled. Where do these waters go after being used and how do those toxic waters impact our environment. We have no water to waste. What impact does hydraulic fracturing have on mankind which warrants the risk.
#3
Scott Dodd Wrote on July 13, 2011 - 12:50
Here's a writeup from OnEarth intern Benjamin Preston about the event: http://www.onearth.org/blog/thirsty-world Thanks very much to those of you who suggested questions here and via Facebook, Twitter, and email.