A chemical engineer, who recently moved to town, struggles to find a way to kill a deadly new variant of Cryptosporidium that has infiltrated the town's water supply, causing people who drink it to die of thirst.
Acting
Giancarlo Esposito pre-Breaking Bad, giving 110% to chlorine talk.
Production
Incredible commitment to making water look genuinely menacing.
Director
Bill L. Norton
Adam Arkin
Bob Miller
Joely Fisher
Susan Miller
Giancarlo Esposito
Dr. Lawrence Carver
Ken Jenkins
Lou Wolford
Phyllis Lyons
Allison
Michael Cudlitz
Andy
Jimmy Galeota
Bobby Jr.
Casey Biggs
Mayor Harold Warren
Viola Kates Stimpson
Mrs. Bell
Nancy Bell
Mary Devane
Paul Linke
Governor
Karen Constantine
Ellen Morgan
Mary Ann Schmidt
Nurse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cryptosporidium is real and caused a massive Milwaukee outbreak in 1993, making this accidentally topical for 1998 cable.
This aired during the peak of TV disaster movies competing with theatrical blockbusters—note how it rips off Outbreak's 'outsider scientist' structure on a budget that couldn't afford a monkey.
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