[5] Bucharest folklore mentions the waters of Dâmbovița as "sweet", and even at the beginning of the 18th century, Anton Maria del Chiaro considered it "light and clean".

The earliest aqueducts with public fountains (cișmele) were built during the rule of Prince Alexander Ypsilantis.

Dâmbovița used to have two tributaries in Bucharest: Additionally, there was a branch, Gârlița, which formed an island, Ostrovu.

[5] The portion of the river flowing through the capital was channelled twice: in 1883 (to combat regular floods), and in the late 1970s, to aid in the replanning of the Central area and the construction of the Bucharest Metro.

The Dâmbovița was polluted before the opening in 2011 of the Glina Wastewater Station, the biggest ecological project in Romania, which treats the sewage water that pours into the channel which is built below the river floor.

Before entering Bucharest, the river's water is already treated by the company "Compania de Apă Târgoviște".