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Audit of the National Hydrometric Program Final March 19, 2010 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 __________________ Chief Audit Executive Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i 1 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Background 4 1.2 Why the National Hydrometric Program is Important 4 1.3 Risk Assessment 4 1.4 Objectives and