FOOTPRINT aims to develop three pesticide risk prediction and management tools for use by three different groups, namely farmers and extension advisors at 
the farm scale, water managers at the catchment scale and policy makers/registration authorities at the national/EU scale.     
    
The tools will integrate components allowing users to:     
i) identify the dominant contamination pathways and sources of pesticide contamination     
ii) estimate pesticide concentrations in groundwater and surface water abstraction sources     
iii) assess how the implementation of mitigation strategies will reduce pesticide contamination of water resources over time.     
    
The three tools will provide a coherent solution to pesticide risk assessment and risk reduction. Their reliability and usability will be assessed through 
piloting and evaluation tests at the field, farm, catchment and national scales. They will allow stakeholders to make consistent and robust assessments of 
risk of contamination to water bodies at a range of scales relevant to management, mitigation and regulation. The FOOTPRINT tools are expected to make a direct 
contribution to the revision of the Council Directive 91/414/EEC, the implementation of the Water Framework Directive and the future Thematic Strategy on 
the Sustainable Use of Pesticides.