Congratulations to the Newest Members of the Florida Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers

  The Florida Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers (FSSSSS) was founded in 1956 by David B. Lee to recognize industry professionals for their outstanding, meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty to the Florida wastewater industry and to the Florida Pollution Control Association (FPCA), now known as the Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA). The FSSSSS award is an award of the FWEA. Nominees must be a member in good standing of the FWEA at the time of their nomination.

Traditionally, the intent of the annual award is to honor an engineer, an operator, and a “peddler” if, in fact, three candidates are deemed to have contributed outstanding and meritorious service above and beyond the call of duty to the Florida Water Environment Association.

Upon successful completion of the induction ceremony, the nominee will be “elevated on the official shovel to the highest ridge on the sludge bed, with the title of Florida Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shoveler, with all the honor, atmosphere, perquisites, and dignity appertaining thereunto”. In April 2021 the Shovelers met to recognize and install classes for both 2020 and 2021.


   

Pictured from l-r: Tina Nixon, Larry Hickey, Mike Darrow, Tom Baber	CLASS OF 2020 "Engineer" Tina Nixon, Senior Project Manager, Ardurra "Peddler" Larry Hickey, President, Equipment Plus Solutions, Inc. "Operator" Mike Darrow, Utilities Operations Superintendent at Plant City
Pictured from l-r: Patrick Murphy, Mike Sweeney, Vaughan Harshman, Jake Rohrich	CLASS OF 2021 "Engineer" Mike Sweeney, Director Innovation & Strategic Advancement, Toho Water Authority "Peddler" Vaughan Harshman, Corporate Manager, Evoqua Water Technologies "Operator" Jake Rohrich, Operations & Maintenance Section Manager, Polk County Utilities