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Audit of the National Hydrometric Program

Final - March 19, 2010

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Audit Key Steps

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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.

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Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 Background
  • 1.2 Why the National Hydrometric Program is Important
  • 1.3 Risk Assessment
  • 1.4 Objectives and Scope
  • 1.5 Methodology
  • 1.6 Statement of Assurance
• 2 Findings and Recommendations - Network Governance
  • 2.1 Program’s Objectives, Strategies and Risks Assessments
  • 2.2 Authority, Responsibility and Accountability
  • 2.3 Exchange of Information and Decision Making
  • 2.4 Performance and Client Satisfaction Assessment
• 3 Findings and Recommendations - Network Sustainability and Configuration
  • 3.1 Comparison of Hydrometric Programs
  • 3.2 Network Size and Configuration
  • 3.3 Sustainability of a Coordinated Monitoring Program
• 4 Management Response
• 5 Conclusion
• Annex 1 - Network Configuration
  • History of Water Monitoring in Canada
  • Current Network
  • Proposed Network Improvements To Date
• Annex 2 - Network Configuration Benchmarking
• Annex 3 - Documentation References – Network Governance
• Annex 4 - Documentation References – Network Configuration
• Annex 5 - Interviews – Network Governance
• Annex 6 - Interviews – Network Configuration

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