An analysis of water from Prut river near Cahul City

Prut river has particular evolutions of its characteristics due to its geographical and political position (as border river between Romania and Moldova), specific climate and human activities (agriculture and industry). The dependences of analyzed characteristics mainly on seasons reflect that human activities is not yet dominant in modifying these parameters. The water sampling station is located near the city of Cahul, an emerging city as concerning economic, academic and social life in Republic of Moldova. Based on the survey during the years 2018-2022, the following conclusions on water of Prut River could be drawn. Prut water characteristics has specific evolutions due to its geographical position, specific climate and human activities, also because this survey included the pandemic years. Except for pH, all other here-analyzed characteristics are more or less seasonally dependent.