Based on the requirements for monitoring the hydrologic elements of rivers, lakes and reservoirs, The techniques of monitoring, collecting, transmitting and processing hydrologic information are explored in this paper. The major works are as follows:To overcome the problems in relation to the existing water stage sensors, this paper developed a new floating-type stage sensor with an accuracy to millimeter by employing photoelectricity, magnetic reed, power-saving, coding and error correcting technologies. T...