We would like to acknowledge our Director, Prof. Alberto Guadagnini, for his service as Chair of the Technical Committee on Groundwater Hydraulics and Management of the International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (https://www.iahr.org/index/committe/12). The association stimulates and promotes both research and its application in fields related to hydro-environmental sciences, and it is a platform for knowledge exchange and collaboration for many of DICA researchers.