Sustainability Man Explores Burnsville's Surface Water Treatment Plant

In the fifth installment of "Sustainability Man," Burnsville's superhero-gimmick video series on the city's environmental issues, our green-clad hero travels to Burnsville's surface water treatment plant.

Sustainability Man asks Brian Davis, the senior environmental scientist of water supply planning for the Metropolitan Council, questions pertaining to issues both aquatic and superheroic.

"A facility like this takes the water that is pumped from wells," Davis says in the video, "and treats it so that it is potable for human use."

Davis also answers Sustainability Man's question about whether the Metropolitan Council is "truly a legion of superheroes."

"We're not quite a legion of superheroes, but we do have them scattered throughout the organization in various capacities," Davis replies.

Previous Sustainability Man episodes have addressed native prairie plants, community gardens and LED street lights.

Faster than compost, taller than a rain barrel and more powerful than an LED light bulb, Sustainability Man uses his sustain ability to seek out sustainable resources, energy efficiency and green programs.