Heavy storms don’t automatically create a greater risk to drinking water for residents in the Great Lakes region, but increased monitoring and better co- ordinated health data collection is needed, according to a report released by the International Joint Commission. The IJC is a binational government body assigned to tackle issues of concern on shared waterways between the two countries. Health professionals assigned by the IJC first began looking at data in connection with drinking water back in 2015 and determined that heavy storms — increasing in numbers due to climate change — warranted a closer look.