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Sushmitha Reddy
Sushmitha Reddy is the Manager of Laboratories at Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA). She holds a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry from the University of Alabama. Sushmitha has been an active member of the accredited regulatory compliance laboratory community since 1998.
She serves on the ELTAC advisory board to ELAP, representing the public sector, and a member of CWEA’s Board as WEF delegate. Chairs CWEA’s Laboratory State Committee. Has been actively involved with CWEA since 2019, contributing to the education and training of its members.
She has helped develop collaborative approaches on various regulatory initiatives, including the implementation of Toxicity Provisions, the creation of ELAP’s new fee structure, and the development of alternate regulations for the Laboratory Accreditation program.
Her areas of expertise include analytical methods, analysis of organic and inorganic contaminants, detection limits, quality systems, data evaluation, compliance reporting, and accreditation.
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 for five years or more.