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Shawn Spromberg
Shawn has 18+ years in the industry in the areas of wastewater collections water treatment (3yrs) and water distribution (8+). He has learned, performed and developed a vast and wide range of knowledge of skills and talents.
Shawn began working in Collections since 2004 and has been a CWEA member as well. He has worked through the ranks and was promoted in 2014 to Wastewater Utility Supervisor. For the past 7 years he has been volunteering for SARBS and CWEA.
He holds CWEA Grade 4 Collections, Grade 1 Mech Tech, Water Distribution G4 and Treatment G3 and is currently working on his Bachelors degree in Business Management.
Purpose
The Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers (5S) is used by water environment associations (i.e., those working with sewage and sewage treatment) to honour those who have made a particular contribution to the industry.
Pennsylvania started the High Hat Society in 1937 and used the words "Sludge Shovelers Society" in its initiation ceremony. Later, this became known as the Ted Moses Sludge Shovelers Society. The second Chapter of the Five S Society was formed in Arizona in October 1940, the idea being conceived by A.W. "Dusty" Miller and F. Carlyle Roberts, Jr. There are chapters in many of the United States and in Canada, as well as the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
5S chapters do not accept applications, but select potential members. Each inductee receives a badge in the form of a gold tie bar in the shape of a round-nosed shovel.
5S recognizes individuals active in protecting the water environment through participation in Local, State, and/or Federal sponsored activities.