Ing. Dr. Frederick Yaw Logah is a Senior Research Scientist (SRS) of the Surface Water Division at the Council for Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) Water Research Institute (WRI), Ghana.  He holds a PhD and an MSc. Degrees in Water Resources Engineering from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULEUVEN) in Belgium, respectively. Thus, Ing. Dr. Logah is a qualified Water Resources Engineer with over 18 years of experience since joining the CSIR-WRI in 2008. He has coordinated various consultancy services for governmental and non-governmental agencies, companies, communities, and private individuals in water resources management, catchment hydrology, hydrographic surveying, hydraulic modelling, extreme-flow analysis (floods and droughts), and rainwater harvesting technology. With over 20 peer-reviewed publications to his credit, Ing. Dr. Logah is also responsible for supervising technical staff and field surveys, data collection and analyses, and reporting research findings. 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION AND ACADEMICS

1. Member, Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE No. 12881)
2. Member, Research Staff Association, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research, Ghana
3. Member, Ghana Society of Agricultural Engineers (GSAE)

PROJECT TEAM LEADER

1. 2025: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – Streamflow Measurement and Flood Risk Assessment. Consultancy report submitted to Newmont Ghana Gold Limited.
2. 2020: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – Feasibility of the Subin River for water supply to the Wenchi Municipality. ASPAC / CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana
3. 2019: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – Feasibility of the Tain River for water supply to the Wenchi and its environs. ASPAC / CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana
4. 2018: Project Team Leader – Rainwater Harvesting for Competitive Technology Development and Transfer. Under the CSIR-Technology Development and Transfer Center (CSIR-TDTC), Competitive Technology Development. CSIR-TDTC / CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana
5. 2015: Project Team Leader – Assessment of a mechanized borehole and its distribution points within the Kete-Krachi West District Hospital and surface water from the Volta Lake sampled at Kete-Krachi for potable purposes, Ghana.
6. 2015: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – “Continuation and Construction of a Complete Rainwater Harvesting System at CSIR-WRI Head Office, Accra, Ghana.
7. 2013: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – Provision of information explaining the details of topography, surface hydrology, contours, drainage, and any other relevant information in the Yakombo Forest Reserve. SAVACEM / CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana
8. 2013: Assisted Raphael Ane Atanga on behalf of CSIR Water Research Institute with data collection under his PhD thesis entitled “Flood Risk Management Strategies and Resilience: The Capacity of Key Stakeholders to Respond to the Unexpected Course of Flood Risks in Accra, Ghana” in July 2013.
9. 2013: Project Team Leader/Coordinator – The impact of a proposed water treatment plant on the hydrological situation of the Dayi and Volta Rivers in the Volta region of Ghana.
10. 2011: Educated students from OLA College on research on water and water-related resources on the 7^th of April 2011 at CSIR Water Research Institute, Accra, Ghana.

REVIEWING OF SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

2025: Reviewed a manuscript for the Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWAM) Journal. Titled: Assessing Hydrologic and Policy Implications of Irrigation on the Canadian Prairies Under Climate Change. (Manuscript Number: SWAM-D-25-00635)

2024: Reviewed a manuscript for the Hydrological Sciences Journal

Title: Urban sprawl and its effects on watershed hydrology in an ungauged basin- Kumasi, Ghana. (Manuscript Number: HSJ-2024-0381)

2024: Reviewed a manuscript for the Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWAM) Journal. Titled: The Role of Emotional Appeal in Water Conservation Communication: A Framework for Social Media Engagement. (Manuscript Number: SWAM-D-23-00761)

2023: Reviewed a manuscript for the Sustainable Water Resources Management (SWAM) Journal. Titled: Hydrological analysis of stream flow characteristics in the Awetu River, Ethiopia. (Manuscript Number: SWAM-D-23-00354)

SELECTED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Journal Publications

1. Logah F.Y., E. Adams, F.X. Logah (2025). Flood Vulnerability Assessment of Waste Treatment Sites: A Case Study of the Asafo Sewerage Treatment Plant in Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Journal of Science, Vol. 66(1) 46-64 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjs/article/view/307424
2. Logah, F. Y., Obuobie, E., Adjei, K. A., Gyamfi, C., Odai, S. N. (2023). Capability of satellite rainfall products in simulating stream flows in the Black Volta Basin. Sustainable Water Resources Management, Vol 9(3), 1-14 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-023-00871-w
3. Logah, F. Y., Adjei, K. A., Obuobie, E., Gyamfi, C., Odai, S. N. (2020). Evaluation and Comparison of Satellite Rainfall Products in the Black Volta Basin. Environmental Process. 8, 119–137 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40710-020-00465-0
4. Amisigo B. A., Logah F. Y., Obuobie E., Kankam-Yeboah K. (2018). Impacts of Climate Change on Stream Inflows into the Volta Lake. Ghana J. Sci., Vol. 58, pp. 23-33. https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjs/article/viewFile/177890/167260
5. Logah F. Y., Amisigo A.B., Obuobie E., Kankam-Yeboah K. (2017). Floodplain hydrodynamic modelling of the Lower Volta River in Ghana. Elsevier, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, Vol. 14, pp. 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.09.002
6. Landeras G., Bekoe E. O., Cissé M., Ampofo J., Logah F. Y., Diop M. (2018). New alternatives for reference evapotranspiration estimation in West Africa using limited weather data. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Vol. 132 (3-4), pp. 701-716 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-017-2120-y
7. Fujita I., Kobayashi K., Logah F.Y., Oblim F.T., Alfa B., Tateguchi S., Kankam-Yeboah K., Appiah G., Asante-Sasu C.K., Kawasaki R., and Ishikawa H. (2017). Accuracy of KU-STIV for discharge measurement in Ghana, Africa. Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. B1 (Hydraulic Engineering), Vol. 73, No. 4, I_499-I_504. https://doi.org/10.2208/jscejhe.73.I_499
8. Damman S., Helness H., Amisigo B., Banu R., Asante K. A., Bjørkvoll T., Azrague K., Akuffobea M., Logah F. Y., Williams P. A., Amu-Mensah F., Fuseini M., Essegbey G. (2017). Sustainability and the social construction of technology: the case of RWH as a source of water supply in Greater Accra. European Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol. 6 (4), pp. 41-52 https://doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2017.v6n4p41
9. Obuobie E, Amisigo B, Logah F.Y., Kankam-Yeboah K (2017) Analysis of changes in downscaled rainfall and temperature projections in the Volta River Basin. Dams, Development and Downstream Communities: implications for Re-optimising the Operations of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams in Ghana, 157–184
10. Bekoe E. O., Andah W., Logah F.Y. and Balana B. B. (2016). Water-food-energy nexus and hydropower development. In Williams T. O., Mul M. L., Biney C. A. and Smakhtin V. (Eds.). The Volta River Basin: Water for food, economic growth, and environment. Oxon, UK: Routledge – Earthscan. pp.161-178.
11. Ofori, D., Logah, F. Y., and Kankam-Yeboah. K. (2016) Suspended Sediment Transport into a Water Supply Reservoir in Southern Ghana, Ghana Journal of Science, Vol. 56, pp. 3 – 14 https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjs/article/view/177819
12. Ofori, D., Logah, F. Y., and Kankam-Yeboah. K. (2015) Climate Change and River Basin-Level Management of Water Resources in Ghana, Journal of Ghana Science Association, Vol 16, Accra, Ghana
13. Logah, F. Y., Kankam-Yeboah, Ofori, D., and Gyau-Boakye, P. (2014). Flood Pulse Alterations of Some River Basins in Ghana, Ghana Journal of Science, Vol. 54, pp 19-32, CSIR, Accra, Ghana.
14. Kankam-Yeboah, K., Okra, C., Agyekum, W.A., Duah, A.A., Ofori, D., and Logah F. Y. (2013). Water Resources Management of a Shared Transboundary Aquifer System – The Case of the Keta Basin. Ghana Journal of Applied Science. Vol. 53.
15. Logah, F. Y., Obuobie, E., Ofori, D., and Kankam-Yeboah, K. (2013). Analysis of Rainfall Variability in Ghana. International Journal of Latest Research in Engineering and Computing. Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp 1-8. http://ijlrec.com
16. Logah, F. Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K., and Bekoe, E.O. (2013). Developing Short Duration Rainfall Intensity Frequency Curves for Accra in Ghana. International Journal of Latest Research in Engineering and Computing. Vol. 1, Issue 1, pp. 67-73. http://ijlrec.com
17. Kankam-Yeboah, K., Logah, F. Y., Amisigo, B., Bekoe, E.O., Ofori, D., and Akudago, J. A. (2013). Low flow analysis of the Black Volta River at Lawra in Ghana. Journal of Environmental Hydrology. Vol. 21, Paper 2. http://www.hydroweb.com.
18. Bekoe, E.O., and Logah, F. Y. (2013). The Impact of Droughts and Climate Change on Electricity Generation in Ghana. Environmental Sciences Journal. Vol. 1, pp 13-24. http://www.m-hikari.com
19. Bekoe, E.O., Logah, F. Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K., and Amisigo, B. (2012). Low flow characterization of a coastal river in Ghana. International Journal of Modern Engineering Research. Vol. 2. Issue 5, Sept-Oct, pp. 3210- 3219.   http://www.ijmer.com

Technical/Consultancy Reports

1. Okra C., Y. Logah, Akurugu A.B., M. Osei-Owusu et al., (2026). Hydrogeological study of pond 3. Consultancy report submitted to AngloGold Ashanti Ghana Limited
2. Logah F.Y., D. Darko, G. Appiah, M. Osei-Owusu, P. Granaham and R. Asmah (2025). Streamflow Measurement and Flood Risk Assessment. Consultancy report submitted to Newmont Ghana Gold Limited.
3. Obuobie E., Afram Boadi S., Logah F.Y, Darko D., Odametey S., Osei-Owusu M., Gaisie-Essilfie F. A., Agyekum J., Bazaanah P., Oblim F., Appiah G., Granaham P. and Duban M. (2024). Use of SWAT to Model Water Flow Regulation and Sediment Retention in the Pra and Volta Basins. CSIR-WRI-World Bank Project.
4. LogahY., Bekoe E., Karikari A.Y., Appiah G., Darko H., and Asugre S. (2019). Feasibility of the Subin River for water supply to the Wenchi Municipality.
5. LogahY., Osei-Owusu M., Obuobie E., Karikari A.Y., Obeng-Bekoe E. and Adu E. (2019) Feasibility of the Tain River for water supply to the Wenchi and its environs.
6. Obuobie E., Logah F.Y., and Amisigo B.A. (2018). Trend analysis of climate variability on the White Volta, Black Volta and Oti River Basins. Accra, Ghana: CSIR-Water Research Institute consultancy report.
7. Logah F. Y., Amisigo B. A., Amu-Mensah F., Kankam-Yeboah K, and Oblim F. (2018). Rainwater Harvesting for Competitive Technology Development and Transfer. Under the CSIR-Technology Development and Transfer Center (CSIR-TDTC), Competitive Technology Development.
8. Obuobie E., Logah F.Y., Asante-Sasu C., and Osei-Owusu M. (2017). Analysis of Historical Climate Trends and Future Climate Change Projections for the White Volta, Black Volta, and Oti River Basins. Accra, Ghana: CSIR-Water Research Institute (CSIR-WRI), 101p.
9. Asante K.A., Logah F.Y., Appiah G., Mante V., Amisigo B.A., Hodgson I.O.A., and Kankam-Yeboah K. (2017). Feasibility of Sand Mining in the Pra River at Shama.
10. Amisigo A. B., Logah F. Y., Kankam-Yeboah K., Appiah G., and Frank T. Oblim (2016). Fluvial geomorphology and floodplain hydrodynamic modelling of the Lower Volta River. Contribution to the Akosombo and Kpong dams’ re-optimisation and re-operation project, submitted to the Water Resources Commission by the CSIR Water Research Institute.
11. Amisigo A. B., Logah F. Y., Obuobie E. and Kankam-Yeboah K. (2016). Impact of Climate Change and competing water uses on the inflows to the Volta Lake for re-operation scenarios. Contribution to the project ‘Akosombo and Kpong dams’ re-optimization and re-operation project, submitted to the Water Resources Commission by CSIR Water Research Institute.
12. Amisigo A. B., Logah F. Y., Asante K. A., Amu-Mensah F., Banu R. A., Bekoe E. O., Darko D., Kankam-Yeboah K., Oblim F., Bobor S., Quansah J. O., and Appiah G. (2016). Rainwater harvesting for resilience to climate impacts on water availability in Ghana.
13. Logah, F., Tay, C., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Banu, R. (2015). Assessment of a mechanized borehole and its distribution points within the Kete-Krachi West District Hospital and surface water from the Volta Lake sampled at Kete-Krachi for potable purposes. pp 30.
14. Mul, E. Obuobie, R. Appoh, K. Kankam, E. Bekoe-Obeng, B. Amisigo, F.Y. Logah, B. Ghansah, and M. McCartney (2015). “Water resources assessment of the Volta River Basin. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI).” (IWMI Working Paper 166), p. 78.
15. Ofori, D., Logah, F.Y., Amisigo, B.A., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Oblim, F., Asante-Sasu, C., and Appiah, G., (2015). Appraisal of Sediment Transport into the Weija Reservoir. CSIR-WRI, Accra, 33pp.
16. Amisigo, B. A., Logah, F.Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Kissi, C., and Appiah, G. (2014). Assessment of the Impact of Climate Change on the Surface Water Resources of the Densu Basin in Ghana through Hydrological Modelling (IWMI URADAPT Project),, CSIR-WRI, Accra, 49pp.
17. Osei-Atweneboana, M.Y.O., Ansah, E.D.O., Darko, H., Logah, F.Y., Owiredu, S.A., Kamkam-Yeboah, K., Dankwa, H.R., Ansah-Asare, O.D., Amegbe, G.B., Appiah, G., Arkoh, W.E., and Amedorme, E. (2014). Sustainable Land and Water Management.
18. Osei-Atweneboana, M.Y.O., Ansah-Asare, O.D., Kamkam-Yeboah, K., Dankwa, H.R., Logah, F.Y., Darko, H., Owiredu, S.A., Amegbe, G.B., Ansah, E.D.O., Appiah, G., Arkoh, W.E., and Amedorme, E. (2013). Sustainable Land and Water Management (Volume 2).
19. Logah, F.Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Ofori, D., and Ampofoh, J.A. (2013). Topography and Surface Hydrology of SAVACEM Concession Area in the Yakombo Forest Reserve, Northern Ghana.
20. Ampofo, J.A., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Dankwa, H.R., Asmah, R., Akpabey, F., Ofori, D., Logah, F.Y., Akrong, M., Quarcoopome, T., Appiah, G., Arkoh, W., Amedorme, E., Amgbe, G., and Nuamah, L. (2013). Restoration and Renaturation of Fosu Lagoon
21. Kankam-Yeboah, K., and Logah, Y. (2013). Surface Water Resources of Tordzie River Basin in the Volta Region of Ghana.
22. Logah,Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K. and Ofori, D. (2013). The impact of a proposed water treatment plant on the hydrological situation of the Dayi and Volta Rivers in the Volta region of Ghana.
23. Kizito, F., Namara, R., Akoto-Danso, E.K., Agyare, W.A., Oboubie, E., Quansah, C., Naminong, K., Panyan, E., Amegashie, B., and Logah, Y. (2013). Sustainable Agricultural Water Management in Cereal-Based Farming Systems of Northern Ghana. Technical report submitted to the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) under the USAID sub-project.
24. Kankam-Yeboah, K., Logah, F.Y., Gyau-Boakye, P., and Ofori, D. (2011). Prevention of Hydro-Hazard Disasters in Ghana. Update of the Flood Phenomenon in Ghana.
25. Ofori, D., Logah, F.Y., Kankam-Yeboah, K., Akrasi, S. A., Amevenku, F., Darko, H., and Appaih, G. (2011). Assessment of the Wa Water Supply System.
26. Bekoe, E.O., Logah, F.Y., Amisigo, B.A., and Kankam-Yeboah, K., (2009). Evidence of the modification of the hydrological cycle in Ghana. A UNESC0, CSIR WRI Technical Report, Ghana.

Conference Papers Abstract / Poster Presentations

1. Logah F.Y. (2025). Sustainable Water Resource Management in Ghana. Theme: Leveraging Innovative Science to Strengthen Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development in Ghana. 34^th Ghana Science Association Biennial Conference at the Dr. Andani Andam Academic Board Chamber, UDS, Tamale, Ghana, from 23rd to 25th September 2025.
2. Banu, R.A., Frosini S-M, Asante-Sefa, S., Borbor, S., Ansa, E.D.O., Akrong, M.O., Adomako Boamah, L.A., Quansah, K.A., Buri, N.M., Bello, M., Owusu, T, Hayfron, G.D., Logah F.Y., Osei Atweneboana, M, Y. (2025). AMR Surveillance in Sanitation Waste Treatment Systems in Ghana: Evaluating Escherichia coli and ESBL E. coli Profiles to Inform Infrastructure Expansion in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, 2025 Ghana AMR Conference. Theme: Act Now for Ghana: Protect Our Health, Secure Our Future Through One Health Action on AMR. Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana. 19^th – 20^th November, 2025.
3. Banu, R.A., Ofori P., Borbor, S, Akrong, M.O., Ulzen., O.O., Quansah., K.E., Adomako Boamah, L.A., Quansah, Amoah B., Ofosu M, Buri, N.M., Bello, M., Owusu, T, Asamoah, G., Mensah, A.M., Logah F.Y., Tetteh, A.E., Adade, N. E., Adjei, G. A., Atanley., E., Asa, H.O., Adu, M., Tay K. C., Osei Atweneboana, M. Y., (2025). Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring; In Ghanaian Surface Waters: Evidence for Public Health Action Through the WHO Tricycle Approach. 2025 Ghana AMR Conference. Alisa Hotel, Accra, Ghana.  19^th – 20^th November, 2025.
4. Amisigo B. A., Logah F. Y., Asante K. A., Amu-Mensah F., Banu R. A., Bekoe E. O., Darko D., Kankam-Yeboah K., Oblim F., Selorm B., Quansah J. O., Appiah G. (2023). Poster presentation on the “Implementation and monitoring of standardized rainwater harvesting systems in selected households and a school in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana”, organised by CSIR-WRI on 28^th – 29^th November 2023.
5. Logah F. Y., K. A. Adjei, C. Gyamfi, E. Obuobie, S. N. Odai (2022). Flood Risk Assessment of the Black Volta Basin presented at the 2022 Ghana Institute of Engineers (GhIE) Annual Conference and 52nd Annual General Meeting in Accra, Ghana, from 29^th March -1^st April 2022.
6. Logah Y. (2018). Flood Modelling and Design of Flood Early Warning Systems for Disaster Risk Reduction in Accra, organized at the COAST workshop in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 12^th – 15^th February 2018.
7. Logah Y. (2018). Poster presentation on the “Design of flood early warning systems for disaster risk reduction in the Black Volta Basin” organized at the COAST workshop in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, from 12^th – 15^th February 2018.
8. Logah F. Y. (2012). The Impact of Climate Change and Desertification on Agriculture and Food Security. Presented at the international workshop organized by the African Union at the Palm Beach Hotel, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 14^th-26^th May 2012