Select Society of Sanitary Sludge Shovelers

Template:Use dmy dates 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.<ref>5S Society Award, Water Environment Federation Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="WEAT" >{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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,<ref name="WEAT" /> the idea being conceived by A.W. "Dusty" Miller and F. Carlyle Roberts Jr.<ref>Ontario Chapter history Template:Webarchive, Water Environmental Association of Ontario</ref> There are chapters in 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.<ref>Iowa 5S Chapter Template:Webarchive, Iowa Water Pollution Control Association</ref>