In Europe, numerous substances which are known to be inside drinking water are not yet monitored. It is necessary to increase knowledge on those substances because their effects on health and the water ecosystems are still to be fully discovered.  Within the boDEREC-CE project, first initiatives have been kicked off to increase the availability of data, knowledge, public awareness, and capacities, in order to be able to propose a transnational strategy, including procedures and tools, for mitigating and managing emerging contaminants (ECs) in the water environment, especially in drinking water. Conducted PPCPs sampling campaigns, hydrological field investigations, and modelling within the pilot actions allowed new and valuable insights into the functioning of water systems as well as the assessment of environmental risks that detected contaminants pose. This is new, precious knowledge on a national, regional, but also at global scale, as the occurrence of PPCPs and their impacts on ecosystems and human health are still insufficiently explored.

boDEREC-CE outputs and results like monitoring and modelling findings, presented at international conferences, workshops and in scientific publications, enabled the dissemination of know-how beyond boundaries of the Central Europe. The consortium countries developed a joint PPCP monitoring methodology, which enabled the comparison of results and transnational cooperation of experts as well as the integration of stakeholders such as practitioners and decision-makers. The large array of stakeholder groups can directly benefit from TRAST-PPCP, a transnational strategy for the mitigation of PPCPs, and from the decision-making support tools wwDEMAST and modePROCON, which can be applied also to regions beyond CE. Transnational cooperation – especially in the new field of mitigation practices -  prove to be essential for the project partnership and beyond, in order to contribute to the transnational strategy for ECs control, prevention and mitigation.