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Founded in Oregon, USA and been here since 1911

History

Stevens Water Monitoring Systems was founded in 1911 as a division of Leopold & Stevens, Inc. in Portland, Oregon USA.  Over the years, Stevens’ original chart recorders became the foundation for today’s water level measurement standards. Stevens’ reliable equipment and quality reputation helped position Stevens as the market leader in water resource instrumentation for most of the 20th century.

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Stevens designs, manufactures, and integrates environmental data acquisition systems with expertise in water resources, soil moisture, and matrix potential.  The trademark “Measurements to Mind” highlights Stevens’ seamless integration of sensors, data acquisition equipment with cloud-based software for insight of water resources, soil, and weather to facility management of, and optimize conditions of are our water resources, climate, agriculture, and golf & sports turf.

Customer First

Integrated systems begin with an understanding the customers’ objectives and then providing an applicable system that consists of sensors, data logging and process control instruments, communication equipment, and necessary software for data presentation and modeling to help the customer understand environmental conditions and efficiently execute decisions. Our objective is to provide the shortest path between environmental conditions and your understanding of those environmental conditions to efficiently execute the best decisions.

Our focus is the earth’s valuable water resources, in every form it occurs:

A History of Innovation

With a focus on simplicity, innovation and efficient solutions, Stevens Water are experts in hydrological and environmental monitoring. We’ve been innovating water monitoring solutions since 1911.

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A History of Innovation

With a focus on simplicity, innovation and efficient solutions, Stevens Water are experts in hydrological and environmental monitoring. We’ve been innovating water monitoring solutions since 1911.

FIRST remote, unattended water level monitoring instrument—the standard for today’s water level measurements
FIRST with a water resource data book used by many professionals and universities (now in its 6th edition)
FIRST with a telemetry instrument for water level monitoring (“Telemark”)
FIRST to develop a standard of visual water level measurement using staff gags, now today’s public domain (and USGS) standard Style A, B, C, E and M games
FIRST to transmit environmental monitoring data over the OUTCOME LEO system
FIRST to develop a Bluetooth product targeted at the environmental monitoring market’s demands
FIRST data logger for the environmental monitoring market with more than 1 GB memory