EPA’s Office of Water joined with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, the Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Geological Survey in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in late December to “improve and sustain federal coordination and collaboration on issues related to pharmaceuticals in drinking water.” The MOU, prompted by a 2011 General Accounting Office report critical of the lack of coordination on the issue, sets the parameters for an interagency workgroup to facilitate information sharing and additional research to fill existing data gaps on the occurrence, toxicity, health effects and other scientific questions pertaining to trace pharmaceuticals found in drinking water supplies. A copy of the MOU, along with other resources related to pharmaceuticals in drinking water, are available at EPA’s Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Water web page.