Response To The Comments By Mr. William Minervini On Organism Detection In Permeable Pavement Parking Lot Infiltrates At The Edison Environmental Center, New Jersey

The commenter mostly questions the validity of the curb cut runoff samples which relied on preprograming of automatic samplers and does not dispute the results or conclusions of the infiltrate study through the permeable surfaces which is the main emphasis of the study. As discussed in the paper, the sampling interval was set using the forecasted storm duration from the National Weather Service. It can be difficult to get stormwater samples that are representative of the total storm duration as it depends on weather patterns which can change rapidly. Programming of automatic samplers is even more difficult during short duration events. Mr. Minervini even acknowledges the difficulties in the use of autosamplers.