Dear Mr. Greiwe,

After a close look at your manuscript I concur with both reviewers about the high quality of the presented field work and it’ s relevance for better understanding a) how different pesticides get transported through small stream and b) the role of vegetated wetlands to mitigate their export from small catchments. Despite of the general very positive attitude both reviewers recommended a deeper data analysis and discussion of your findings. They e.g. requested data evidence on discharge and precipitation patterns (a non-uniform spatial precipitation pattern can also cause different arrival times of the substances as those are applied to different areas in the catchment) and correctly pointed out that time since application constraints concentration maxima.

Given the quality of your detailed responses to the reviewer comments, I am confidence that you will thoroughly address these points in the revised manuscript.

Best regards,

Erwin Zehe

Dear Dr. Greiwe,

I am delighted to let you know that both reviewer recommend acceptance of your study.
Congratulations!

Erwin Zehe