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Sulphurous spring waters are used as therapeutic and preventive remedies for a various disorders such as those of the locomotor system (e.g. rheumatism [1][2], arthritis [3][4], post-traumatic [2]), respirator y tract [5][6], gynecological apparatus [7-8] and peripheral neurological system (e.g. paresis, paraesthesia, polyneuropathies) [9][10]. In skin disorders, they are indicated in psoriasis [11][12], parapsoriazis [13], and other skin thickened disorders, which have a keratolytic effect [1,14], which helps to remove thick and excess of skin [1]. Today, the major dermatologic diseases (i.e. psoriasis and atopic dermatitis) are frequently treated by balneotherapy or spa therapy. Other medical studies [15][16][17] shown that these mineral waters have antioxidant properties in oral treatment. The mechanisms through which sulphurous waters exert beneficial effects on the human body, in therapeutic rheumatic treatment [16] are: the warmth of the bath activates circulation at the level of diseased tissues and helps to their resorption and skin exciting, which producing the antibodies needed to combat the infectious disorder for certain types of rheumatism; the sulphur assimilated in body increases the basal metabolism with 40%, causes vasodilatation in the central cutaneous tissue, induces a decrease of tension values, and increases the number of red blood cell and hemoglobin quantity. Among the physico-dynamic components is also mentioned the production of abundant sweating, the decrease of the muscles excitability, the acceleration of the exudation resorption and the provocation of a sedative action that explains the relieving of the pain. The resorbed sulphur occurs in the general metabolism of the human body, which explains the sugar decrease at diabetics [18], the remaking of the reserves in chondroitin sulphuric acid at articular cartilage level of the rheumatics.Mineral waters were classiûed in many ways according to their physical and chemical elements, such as temperature, chemical composition, molecular concentration, and mechanisms of therapeutic action.In Romania, one of the most well-known balneal resorts is Pucioasa -Vulcana Bai area from Dambovita County. In Pucioasa Resort, the sulphurous cold waters are originated in sedimentary rocks (rich in sulphates such as gypsum, and sulphides) of the hillsides behind the mineral springs.The study aims to assess the chemical composition of sulphurous spring waters collected from Pucioasa -Vulcana Bai balneotherapeutical area, Dambovita County. The sampling were achieved from active and preserved sulphurous sources (i.e. five springs), during the summer period of the year 2016. The content of nine metals (i.e. Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Cd, Zn, and Pb) in water samples was determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma -Mass Spectroscopy (ICP-MS). The relationships between physicochemical parameters (i.e. pH, conductivity, TDS, salinity, total hardness and dissolved oxygen) and metal concentrations were investigated, as well.

Boian Plain is a subunit of the Romanian Plain affected, at least in the last 20 years, by periods of dryness and agro-meteorological drought with non-uniformity fall precipitation and warm air masses invasions from North Africa. For 2008-2013 timeframe, such phenomena with agro-climatic risk were recorded each year. The reduction of water resources in the first 20 cm of the soil affected crops, in particular those of cereal crops specific for this region. This thing had negative repercussions on the quantity and quality of agricultural production.

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Background: The last few decades have recorded a high frequency of the meteorological drought phenomenon.