Prut River, 989 km long, is a significant left-hand tributary of the Danube. Together with the Dniester River constitutes the backbone of Moldavian hydrological network, but also poses a high flooding threat. Both in July of 2008 and 2010 overflowing Prut River caused extensive damage to property and human losses. The impacts of floods may not have been so devastating if there was an early warning system in operation. However, in the current situation, the Moldavian government does not have adequate resources or expertise to build a broader network of automated measurement stations.

The primary objective of the project is to improve public awareness of the flood situation on the Prut River. The newly established system will enable early warning of population through regular measurement of water flow and conditions in hydrometric profiles. A secondary objective of this project is to demonstrate suitable technological approach to monitoring network of river basins, which will be feasible for other basins as well. The network of the hydrological stations was finished in 2012, and the data processing was ensured on the premises of the State Hydrometeorological Service of Moldova.