One paper for multiple submission is strictly forbidden. Once such case discovered, any other manuscript submitted to the journal by the said author will be rejected in two years. Any plagiarized paper will be rejected. Once discovered, the author will be listed on the blacklist. The author shall be responsible for any infringement or inadequacies in the manuscript. Once the manuscript is accepted and published, the copyright of the article will be transferred to the Editorial Office of “Journal of Groundwater Science and Engineering”.