Editor’s Message: The 2015 Editors’ Choice articles Clifford Voss Editor’s Message 09 February 2016 Pages: 267 - 268
Sampling domestic/farm wells for baseline groundwater quality and fugitive gas R. E. JacksonD. J. Heagle Essay 29 January 2016 Pages: 269 - 272
Overview of groundwater for emergency use and human security Jaroslav VrbaFabrice G. Renaud Essay 13 January 2016 Pages: 273 - 276
Measures for groundwater security during and after the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995) and the Great East Japan earthquake (2011), Japan Tadashi Tanaka Paper 23 December 2015 Pages: 277 - 286
The role of groundwater governance in emergencies during different phases of natural disasters Jaroslav Vrba Paper 22 January 2016 Pages: 287 - 302
Long-term improvement of agricultural vegetation by floodwater spreading in the Gareh Bygone Plain, Iran. In the pursuit of human security, is artificial recharge of groundwater more lucrative than selling oil? Sayyed Hamid MesbahMehrdad MohammadniaSayyed Ahang Kowsar Report 19 January 2016 Pages: 303 - 317
Hierarchical simulation of aquifer heterogeneity: implications of different simulation settings on solute-transport modeling Alessandro ComunianLeonardo De MicheliRiccardo Bersezio Paper 28 November 2015 Pages: 319 - 334
Pumping from unconfined aquifers of limited saturated thickness with reference to wellpoints and horizontal wells K. R. RushtonF. C. Brassington Paper 04 November 2015 Pages: 335 - 348
Detailed hydrogeological analysis of a deep-seated rockslide at the Gepatsch reservoir (Klasgarten, Austria) Thomas StrauhalSimon LoewChristian Zangerl Paper 07 December 2015 Pages: 349 - 371
Groundwater flow in a transboundary fault-dominated aquifer and the importance of regional modeling: the case of the city of Querétaro, Mexico J. J. Carrera-HernándezD. Carreón-FreyreG. Levresse Report 28 January 2016 Pages: 373 - 393
The history and fate of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer springs in the oasis depressions of the Western Desert, Egypt Owen PowellRod Fensham Report 17 November 2015 Pages: 395 - 406
Impacts of a large Sahelian city on groundwater hydrodynamics and quality: example of Niamey (Niger) Aïssata B. HassaneChristian LeducThomas Margueron Report 15 December 2015 Pages: 407 - 423
Modelling nitrate pollution pressure using a multivariate statistical approach: the case of Kinshasa groundwater body, Democratic Republic of Congo Antoine Mfumu KihumbaJean Ndembo LongoMarnik Vanclooster Report 18 November 2015 Pages: 425 - 437
The puzzle of high heads beneath the West Cumbrian coast, UK: a possible solution John H. BlackJohn A. Barker Paper 01 December 2015 Pages: 439 - 457
The invertebrate ecology of the Chalk aquifer in England (UK) L. MauriceA. R. RobertsonJ. P. Bloomfield Report Open access 11 November 2015 Pages: 459 - 474
An integrated hydrogeological study to support sustainable development and management of groundwater resources: a case study from the Precambrian Crystalline Province, India Pandith MadhnureNageshwar Rao PeddiDamodar Rao Allani Report 03 December 2015 Pages: 475 - 487
A combined-water-system approach for tackling water scarcity: application to the Permilovo groundwater basin, Russia Elena A. FilimonovaMikhail G. Baldenkov Report 28 October 2015 Pages: 489 - 502
The relationship between methane migration and shale-gas well operations near Dimock, Pennsylvania, USA Patrick A. Hammond Report Open access 10 November 2015 Pages: 503 - 519
The hydrogeology of the military inundation at the 1914–1918 Yser front (Belgium) Alexander Vandenbohede Report 07 December 2015 Pages: 521 - 534
Comment on “Impact of groundwater withdrawals on the interaction of multi-layered aquifers in the Viterbo geothermal area (central Italy)”: report published in Hydrogeology Journal (2013) 21:1339–1353, by Antonella Baiocchi, Francesca Lotti and Vincenzo Piscopo Ugo Chiocchini Comment and Reply 03 February 2016 Pages: 535 - 539
Reply to Comment on “Impact of groundwater withdrawals on the interaction of multi-layered aquifers in the Viterbo geothermal area (central Italy)”: report published in Hydrogeology Journal (2013) 21:1339–1353, by Antonella Baiocchi, Francesca Lotti and Vincenzo Piscopo Antonella BaiocchiFrancesca LottiVincenzo Piscopo Comment and Reply 03 February 2016 Pages: 541 - 545