Please revise the manuscript, according the suggestions of the referees. Write a rebuttal with answers on the comments and suggested revisions.

Please, next time, be more in answering the comments of the reviewers!

Still some specific comments should be addressed:
- Line 8: probably the word “that” is missing..: “paper that was”
- Line 9: delete “(removal of… mirabilis)” from abstract.
- Line 15: remove “(SEM)” and “(TEM)” from abstract (abbreviations not used anymore in abstract)
- Line 17: varies = varied
- Line 18: (ASS) = ASS
- Line 22: must be “0.1 mg/L. Turbidity”.
- Line 25: pathogens are not “breeding” in the water, so do not use that word. At the end of the line: “The”
- Line 31: acid = acids
- Line 32: as mentioned by reviewer “rapidly developing science” should be illustrated by more recent references.
- Use abbreviations, after introduction after first appearance, in the entire document (e.g. now in line 31 AGNPs should be introduced)
- Line 46-54: indicate what is new (in the approach) and contributes to science.
- Line 52: “is” should be “can be”, not clear how you can use readily AgNP impregnated paper in water treatment…
- Line 52: rephrase “a study investigates..”
- Rephrase line 58…
- Line 59: Their = Its
- Line 60: bottle = bottles
- Line 69: which were not..
- Line 69: absorbed = adsorbed
- Line 71: (Figure 1) = Figure 1, also check for other references to Figures and Tables (e.g. line 101 and 103)
- Line 81: the amount of dissolved silver was analysed
- Line 96: was repeated
- Line 113-114, give references of these studies (see comment of reviewer)
- Line 118: use abbreviation here (ASS already introduced in paper)
- Line 124, give references of these studies (see comment of reviewer)
- Line 130-135: the lines between the dots in the Figures 3 and 4 do not have a meaning
- Line 147: use abbreviation for “silver nanoparticles”
- Line 147-148: give references of these studies (see comment of reviewer)
- Line 157: use abbreviation for “silver nanoparticles”
- Line 157-161: give references of these studies (see comment of reviewer)
- Line 172-177: indicate in the conclusion what is a new finding that contributes to science

Line 14: introduce ASS
Line 58: It's = Its
Check also references: must be [Surname et al., year]
Thus:
Line 113: [Quintero-Quiroz et al., 2019]
Line 123-124: [Dankovich and Gray, 2011]
Line 161: [Pinto et al., 2012]
Order references on Surname:
Line 196: Surname = Quintero-Quiroz
Line 223: Surname = Pinto