The Town of Princeton continues to recover from the November 2021 atmospheric river event and rebuilding from its impacts. The flood caused significant damage, including the destruction of key utility river crossings (water, sanitary, and gas), contamination of water supply wells, erosion of dikes and access roads, and compromising the primary sanitary lift station serving the entire community._x000D_ _x000D_ In response, the town has undertaken various recovery actions such as drilling new pipe crossings, repairing dike sections, and establishing new supply wells, all while considering the uncertainty associated with climate change. Historically, Princeton's rivers have been dominated by snowmelt events. However, current climate change predictions suggest that freshets will occur earlier and decrease in magnitude, while extreme rainfall events will increase both in magnitude and frequency, dictating the flood regime. Estimates indicate that the magnitude of extreme rainfall events could increase flood flows by 80% to 100% with a tremendous amount of uncertainty._x000D_ _x000D_ Consequently, the community is engaged in a comprehensive reimagining of Princeton’s future. This includes evaluating options to restore natural river areas and enhance conveyance capacity, taking an adaptive management approach, adopting floodplain retreat strategies, setting back dikes, and embracing a “planning to get wet” approach to future community planning and infrastructure development._x000D_
