Abstract
[Excerpt] For nearly half a century, textbooks such as Groundwater by Freeze and Cherry (1979) and Applied Hydrogeology by C. W. Fetter (1980–2001) defined the structure and pedagogy of hydrogeology education: first, through Cherry’s classic unification of groundwater theory within the framework of physical laws, and later as Fetter translated those principles into an applied approach for students and professionals. Matthew M. Uliana’s (2025) Basic Hydrogeology: An Introduction to the Fundamentals of Groundwater Science continues this educational lineage, modernizing the field for a digital, globally connected era.