HAVANA — The Northwest Florida Water Management District Governing Board on Thursday appointed Brett Cyphers as executive director.
Cyphers has served as the assistant executive director since June 2012, and will replace Jon Steverson, who has been appointed as secretary of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
Since arriving at the district in 2012, Cyphers has worked to implement projects and programs vital to the restoration and protection of priority waterbodies, such as the Apalachicola River and St. Andrew Bay watersheds, as well as the region’s many springs, including Wakulla and Jackson Blue springs.
During that time, the district has expanded its efforts to support local governments and utilities as they work to ensure a clean and reliable water supply to communities through a Water Supply Development Grant Program that has awarded nearly $18 million in grant funding over the last two years
