I have just read the reviewers’ comments to your manuscript and your response to them. First of all, I would like to thank the thorough comments from the reviewers and your detailed response to them.

The reviewers agree that the paper shows interesting results and methodology but they point out a few important points to revise before publication. As some of these comments are about important concepts, I would like to give an opportunity to the reviewers to check the revised paper. In particular, they point out the loose use of runoff and melt and their association with hydrofracturing. I ask the authors to be precise with the use of these terms throughout the paper in the revision and consider the rest of the reviewer’s comments.

The reviewers and I agree that the paper has improved substantially and that is ready for publication. There is a couple of minor suggestions by Reviewer #1 that I would like the authors to consider.

I would like to thank the reviewers for their insightful recommendations and the authors for considering them carefully.