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In March 2015, the journal Environmental Earth Sciences published a special issue (volume 73, issue 6; currently, with over 17,860 online accesses and 515 citations) on the topic ‘‘sustainability and water resources’’ honouring EurGeol José Martins Carvalho’s long career over five decades. He recently left us after a severe healthiness battle, fighting like a knight from 2022 to January 31, 2023. Based on sensitive memories, this essay aims to outline the foremost professionals’ roots and milestones, focusing on the legacy of the extraordinary career of José Martins Carvalho (1943–2023) as a professional hydrogeologist, emeritus professor and groundwater researcher. He had an exceptional career spanning over 57 years in multidisciplinary environmental hydrogeology practice in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and South America. The core of his vivid and long professional journey was to support hydrogeology’s training, teaching, and research to solve societal issues and challenges through an environmental, sustainable and geoethical approach. José Martins Carvalho is an example and inspiration for future generations of geologists, engineers, environmental scientists, and groundwater-related practitioners, including natural hazards researchers and social geoscientists.