Audit of the National Hydrometric Program

Final - March 19, 2010

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Audit Key Steps

Planning completed

April 22,2009

Fieldwork completed

November 30, 2009

Draft audit report completed

December 20, 2009

Report sent for management response

February 1, 2010

Management response received

February 11, 2010

Draft report completed

February 18, 2010

Report tabled to the External Audit Advisory Committee

March 19, 2010

Report approved by the Deputy Minister

March 19, 2010


List of Acronyms

ADM

Assistant Deputy Minister

ARWR

Total Actual Renewable Water Resources

EC

Environment Canada

GNI

Gross National Income

HYDAT

Hydrometric Database

INAC

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

MSC

Meteorological Service of Canada

NAT

National Administrators Table

NHPCC

National Hydrometric Program Coordinators Committee

QMS

Quality Management Systems

RHBN

Reference Hydrometric Basin Network

WEM

Weather and Environmental Monitoring

WEO

Weather and Environmental Operations


Prepared by the Audit and Evaluation Team

Acknowledgements

The audit team responsible for this project was led by Sophie Boisvert, CIA, and included Stephanie Brossard, Lalit Golani, Yue Yan and Harjit Singh Saini, under the direction of Jean Leclerc, CIA. C. David Sellars, P. Eng., from Schlumberger Water Services (Canada) Inc., led the assessment of the network configuration.

The audit team would like to thank those individuals who contributed to this project and, particularly, employees and managers of the National Hydrometric Program, along with provincial and territorial members of the National Administrators Table and the National Hydrometric Program Coordinators Committee, who provided insights and comments as part of this audit.

Original signed by

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Chief Audit Executive

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