Note: Intro -- Committees -- Scientific Committee -- Honour Committee -- Organizing Committee -- The Conference Logo: Creation, Design and Symbolic -- Side-Event Winning Video: Before the Last Drop-Viva la Geoethics! -- Foreword by Giuseppe Di Capua -- References -- Foreword by Nabil Khélifi -- Preface -- References -- Preamble by John Cherry -- Contents -- About the Editors -- Fundamentals of Hydrogeoethics: Cultures, Principles and Geoethical Values on Groundwater Science and Engineering -- 1 Relational Value as an Argument to Protect Geological and Hydrogeologic Goods -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Value of Non-living Goods -- 3 Anthropometric and Relational Values -- 4 Geosystem Services -- 5 Relational Values and Cultural Geosystem Services -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 2 Ethical and Moral Issues Relative to Groundwater -- Abstract -- 1 Introductory Background -- 2 Groundwater Characteristics and Ethics -- 3 Are Groundwater Resources a Univocally Defined Concept? -- 4 Aquifers as Natural Infrastructures -- 5 Which Are the Subjects, the Humans or the Environment and Nature? -- 6 Other Groundwater Related Issues -- Acknowledgements -- Reference -- 3 Some Basic Considerations on the Applied Ethics to Water Resources Management -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods: Some Basic Considerations on Ethics in Hydrogeology -- 3 Discussion -- 3.1 Water for People. Urban Uses: Supply and Sanitation -- 3.2 Water for Agriculture: Agricultural Uses -- 3.3 Industrial Uses -- 3.4 Land Planning Uses -- 3.5 Water for Natural and Ecological Uses -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 4 Groundwater Contamination Science and the Precautionary Principle -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 The Uncertainties Systems Complexity, Time, and Space in Groundwater Science -- 3.2 The Case of PFAS. , 3.3 The Case of Hydraulic Fracturing of Natural Gas -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5 Geoethics for Operating in the Human Niche -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Geoethics: A Tool for Sense-Making -- 2.1 Complex-Adaptive Social-Ecological Systems -- 2.2 Sense-Making in the Human Niche -- 2.3 Geoethical Thinking, Geo-endowments and the Human Niche -- 3 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 6 Cross-Cutting Role of Groundwater in Achieving the SDGs and an Ethical Approach -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Cross-Cutting Role of Groundwater in Achieving the SDGs -- 3.2 Some SDG Indicators Related to Water in Latin America -- 4 Towards a Groundwater Ethics in the Context of the SDGs -- References -- 7 Inclusion of Indigenous Communities in Water Resources Management in the Middle West of Brazil: A Proposal -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Settings -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Surface Water -- 3.2 Hydrogeological Units -- 3.3 Indigenous Communities -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 9 Evaluating Public Opinion on Groundwater Extraction from Public Comment Submissions and Google Trends -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Data Sources and Methods -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Analysis of Comments Submitted to the Government Regulator (MECP) -- 3.2 Analysis of Google Trends Data -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 10 Public Perceptions and Attitudes Towards Groundwater and Climate Change: The Case of the Barbate River Basin -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 11 Ethical Issues of Intensive Use of Groundwater in Stressed Spanish Aquifers -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods. , 3 Results of Intensive Groundwater Development in Arid and Semiarid Areas of Spain -- 4 Ethical Issues and Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 12 Public Geospatial Data for Groundwater Governance: The Brazilian Case -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Relevant Databases for Groundwater Governance in Brazil -- 2.1 Requirements for Data in Groundwater Governance -- 2.2 Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) -- 2.3 Groundwater Information System (SIAGAS) -- 3 Applicability, Gaps and Potential Geoethical Discussions -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 13 An Initiative for Protection of the Transnational Guarani Aquifer System Based on Geoethics -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Changing Attitudes Toward Water Use and Conservation -- 3 Geoethics -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 14 Geoecological Mapping to Identify Groundwater Ecosystem Services Conflicts in a Brazilian Municipality -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Materials and Methods -- 2.1 Study Area -- 2.2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 15 Current Status and Future of Groundwater Management in Japan -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Examination of Guidelines for Groundwater in Japan -- 2.1 Background of the Study -- 3 Outline of Basic Water Cycle Plan: a Conceptual Law Approach -- 4 Survey on Measures and Activities Related to the Watershed Plan in the Basin -- 5 Survey on Measures and Activities Related to Groundwater Management -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 16 How im(Moral) is the "Nimby" stand? Elements to the Ethics of "environmental" Conflicts -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 An Inquiry into a Flawed Concept -- 3 "Common Good", "General Interest" and Private Profits -- 4 Trust, Power and Legitimacy. , 5 Concluding Remarks: Positive Collective Outcomes of Apparently "nimbyist" Resistance -- References -- 17 Recharging Groundwater Security by Ensuring Polycentric Governance and Social Learning Strategies -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Urban Sprawl and the "Tyranny of Small Decisions" -- 3 Groundwater Use and Jevon Paradox -- 4 Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice -- 5 Collective Actions to an Improved Groundwater Governance -- 6 Final Remarks -- References -- 18 Sharing Knowledge and Data About Groundwater in EU: The EIGR Metadata Inventory of the KINDRA Project -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods and Materials -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 19 Groundwater Conjunctive Use -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conjunctive Use of Groundwater and Surface Water -- 2.1 Alternate Conjunctive Use and Artificial Recharge -- 2.2 Relief of Drainage and Salinization Problems in Irrigation Areas in Arid and Semiarid Zones -- 3 Analysis of Conjunctive Use Systems -- 3.1 General Issues -- 3.2 Models as Water Planning and Decision-Making Tools -- 3.3 The Eigenvalue Solution -- 4 Related Ethical Issues and Final Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 20 Enforcement of Groundwater Drilling and Abstraction Sites: Beyond the Backyard -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Inspection Results and Adaptation of Legislation -- 3 The Backyard Principles -- 4 A Double Way Forward -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Reference -- 21 On the Relevance of Environmental Law Evolution as a Fundamental Pillar of the European Union -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 22 Geoethics in the Design and Implementation of Temporary Groundwater Control Systems -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Issues of Geoethics in Temporary Groundwater Control -- 2.1 Abstraction Well Design and Installation -- 2.2 Pumping System Design -- 2.3 Discharge and Recharge of Abstracted Groundwater -- 2.4 Decommissioning -- 3 Design Risk Assessment and Inspection, Testing and Monitoring -- 3.1 Design Risk Assessment (DRA) -- 3.2 Inspection, Testing and Monitoring (ITM) Plan -- 4 Case Study-Aquatics Centre, UK -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 23 Remote Sensing for Irrigation Water Use Control: The Case of the Benalup Aquifer (Spain) -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methods -- 3 Results and Discussion -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 24 Considerations About Wastewater Reuse in Areas Subjected to Strong Pressures in the South of Spain -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Reclaimed Water in Spain -- 3 A Pilot Project to Reuse Water in the South of Spain -- 4 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 25 Stakeholder View of Efficient Risk Communication in Contaminated Sites -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Results -- 3.1 Participant Profile -- 3.2 Factors Analysis -- 4 Discussion -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 26 Urban Planning and Aquifer Management Using Recession Curves Method -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Study Area Characterization -- 3 Materials and Methods -- 4 Results -- 5 Discussion -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Lessons for a Resilient and Sustainable Future with Hydrogeoethics: Case Studies of Geoethics in Groundwater Science‐Engineering, Profession, and Management -- 27 Ethical Aspects of Water Use in the Campo de Cartagena and the Associated Impacts on the Mar Menor -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Connection Between the Lack of Groundwater Management in the Campo de Cartagena Aquifer and the Associated Effect on the Deterioration of the Mar Menor.