Charles Gyamfi
Department of Civil EngineeringLife SciencesPhysical SciencesSocial SciencesHealth Sciences

Charles Gyamfi

70 Publications29 Research Themes42 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has made significant contributions to understanding various aspects of water-related issues and sustainable water management through interdisciplinary studies. Their work spans across themes such as hydrological responses and watershed management, flood risk assessment, water quality analysis, noise effects and management, hydro-energy-food Nexus Studies, groundwater and water resources development, spatial-temporal modeling, land use and ecosystem services, agricultural practices, environmental and agricultural sciences, hydrological forecasting using AI, water resource management optimization, soil erosion and sediment transport, business strategies, plant water relations, groundwater vulnerability assessment, noise exposure and hearing capabilities, hydrological drought analysis, reservoir engineering, agricultural practices, food safety, water resources optimization, and disaster management. Their research integrates quantitative methods with qualitative insights to address challenges in water scarcity, sustainability, and human well-being.

Faculty Biography

Ing. Dr. Charles Gyamfi is a trained Civil Engineer with specialization in Hydrology and Water Resources Management. In 2017, he earned a PhD in Civil Engineering (Hydrology and Water Resources specialty) from the Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa. He had earlier obtained both his BSc Civil Engineering and MSc Water Resources Engineering and Management qualifications from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 2008 and 2012 respectively.He comes along with over 10 years working experience as a Water Resources Engineer. Dr. Gyamfi has consulted for the Government of Ghana on the provision of Small Towns Water Supply Schemes in parts of the Brong Ahafo Region with project facility from the African Development Bank (AfDB). He has also consulted for MiDA on the Kpong left bank irrigation project where he worked as a Design Engineer with SNC Lavalin.Currently, he is a faculty member of the Civil Engineering Department where he lectures courses in Elementary Fluid Mechanics and Engineering Hydrology at the undergraduate level. At the Masters level, Dr. Gyamfi is involved in the delivering of courses in Applied Hydrology, Water Resources Planning and Hydropower Development. He co-handles GIS and RS for Environmental Systems, a course audited at the PhD level where his focus is on Geostatistical Applications in Environmental Systems. He is published in reputable journals and serves as a reviewer for a number of them

Key Research Themes (29)
Life Sciences

Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Physical Sciences

Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics

Social Sciences

Business Strategies and Management Research

Health Sciences

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Physical Sciences

Climate variability and models

Physical Sciences

Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Health Sciences

COVID-19 diagnosis using AI

Physical Sciences

Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

Physical Sciences

Flood Risk Assessment and Management

Physical Sciences

Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping

Physical Sciences

Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry

Physical Sciences

Groundwater and Watershed Analysis

Physical Sciences

Groundwater flow and contamination studies

Physical Sciences

Hydrological Forecasting Using AI

Physical Sciences

Hydrology and Drought Analysis

Physical Sciences

Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Life Sciences

Irrigation Practices and Water Management

Physical Sciences

Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Physical Sciences

Mining and Resource Management

Health Sciences

Noise Effects and Management

Physical Sciences

Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics

Physical Sciences

Precipitation Measurement and Analysis

Physical Sciences

Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Life Sciences

Soil erosion and sediment transport

Physical Sciences

Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Physical Sciences

Water Quality and Pollution Assessment

Physical Sciences

Water Resource Management and Quality

Physical Sciences

Water resources management and optimization

Physical Sciences

Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Publications (70)

Crop Protection and Productivity through the Adoption of Machine Learning Algorithms in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review

Open Access

Flood hazard mapping in data scarce basins: A Rain-on-Grid approach in Kumasi, Ghana

Open Access

Assessment of water quality for irrigation in the Keta wetland using ionic ratios and irrigation indices

Open Access
2025Water Resource Management and QualityDOI: 10.56049/jghie.v25i2.343

Hybrid AHP-machine learning modelling of groundwater recharge potential under land use and climate change in tropical Basins: Implications for sustainable water management

Open Access
2025Hydrological Forecasting Using AIDOI: 10.1016/j.indic.2025.100796

Origin, hydrogeochemical evolution and human health risk assessment of surface and groundwater in the Densu Delta Ramsar site, Ghana

2025Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179694

Biophysical effects of land cover changes in West Africa: a systematic review

Open Access
2025Soil erosion and sediment transportDOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/addbf4

Spatio-temporal distribution of aquatic macrophytes in the Lower Volta Basin, Ghana

Open Access
2025Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton DynamicsDOI: 10.1007/s44274-025-00222-w

Reservoir ecological health assessment Methods: A systematic review

Open Access
2025Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113130

SPATIAL and temporal dynamics of groundwater vulnerability to contaminants under climate and land use changes in the Pra and Ankobra basins

Open Access
2025Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.wsee.2025.05.001

Hydrochemical dynamics of the transboundary Keta Wetland Ramsar Site: Insights from a multidisciplinary approach

Open Access

Effects of Land Use/Cover Change on the Water Quality of Lake Bosomtwe

Open Access
2025Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5138309

Ghana's water safety journey: A review of efforts toward a risked-based water quality management

Open Access
2024Child Nutrition and Water AccessDOI: 10.2166/wh.2024.371

Evaluating water balance components in a tropical ecological zone under land use changes

2024Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.ecohyd.2024.09.007

Site-specific condition evaluation for managed aquifer recharge (MAR) site selection in granitic aquifers, Ghana

Open Access
2024Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisDOI: 10.2166/ws.2024.087

Mapping and estimating water quality parameters in the Volta Lake’s Kpong Headpond of Ghana using regression model and Landsat 8

Open Access
2024Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.1080/23311916.2024.2307165

Evaluating Dripper-Plants Spacing for Improving Tomato Yield and Water Productivity under the Drip-Irrigation System in the Sudanian Climate in Burkina Faso

2024Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementDOI: 10.1061/jidedh.ireng-10172

Hydrochemical evolution of groundwater in Soubré and Gagnoa counties, Côte d’Ivoire

2024Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2024.101079

Effects of Land Cover Changes on Ecosystem Services in the Kulpawn Catchment of the White Volta River Basin of Ghana

Open Access
2024Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5031052

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Pattern of Land Cover Changes Among the Sub-Basins in the White Volta Basin

Open Access
2024Geochemistry and Geologic MappingDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4924819

Towards Urban Groundwater Quality Protection: Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach

Open Access
2024Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5003462

Climate and Land Use Land Cover Change Impact on Groundwater Recharge Potential in the Pra and Ankobra River Basins, Ghana

Open Access
2024Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5053448

Climate and Land Use Land Cover Change Impact on Groundwater Recharge Potential in the Pra and Ankobra River Basins, Ghana

Open Access
2024Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.5056692

Analysis of COVID-19 cases and comorbidities using machine learning algorithms: A case study of the Limpopo Province, South Africa

Open Access
2023COVID-19 diagnosis using AIDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e01840

Projections of precipitation extremes over the Volta Basin: insight from CanESM2 regional climate model under RCP 4.5 and 8.5 forcing scenarios

2023Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1007/s10668-023-03666-3

Quantification of nitrate contamination sources in groundwater from the Anayari catchment using major ions, stable isotopes, and Bayesian mixing model, Ghana

2023Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryDOI: 10.1007/s12665-023-11068-x

Perspective Chapter: Validation of SMOS Satellite Soil Moisture Estimates Using Capacitance Probes over the Different Ecological Zones in Northern Ghana

Open Access
2023Soil Moisture and Remote SensingDOI: 10.5772/intechopen.109696

Capability of satellite rainfall products in simulating streamflows in the Black Volta Basin

2023Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s40899-023-00871-w

Aquifer characteristics in the basement complex of Lere, Kaduna North western Nigeria

2023Groundwater flow and contamination studiesDOI: 10.1007/s40899-023-00837-y

Assessing Land Degradation in Amansie West District: A Surface Mined Area in Ghana

Open Access
2023Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2612400/v1

Impacts of retention basins on downstream flood peak attenuation in the Odaw river basin, Ghana

Open Access
2023Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2023.101364

Evaluation of groundwater vulnerability using GIS-based DRASTIC model in Greater Monrovia, Montserrado County, Liberia

2023Groundwater and Isotope GeochemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2023.101427

Statistical evaluation of Jason-2 satellite altimetry products in a trans-boundary river basin; the case study of the White Volta River basin in Ghana

2023Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.1007/s40808-022-01655-5

Climatic Trends Over the Tropics of West Africa: A Case Study of Pra River Basin in Ghana

Open Access
2023Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4662907

Small hydropower development potential in the Densu River Basin, Ghana

Open Access
2022Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2022.101304

Performance Evaluation of Near-Real-Time Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Three Distinct Climatic Zones in Tropical West-Africa

2022Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisDOI: 10.1007/s40710-022-00613-8

Implications of Land Use/Land Cover Changes and Climate Change on Black Volta Basin Future Water Resources in Ghana

Open Access
2022Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.3390/su141912383

Reservoir sedimentation and spatiotemporal land use changes in their watersheds: the case of two sub-catchments of the White Volta Basin

2022Soil erosion and sediment transportDOI: 10.1007/s10661-022-10431-y

Modelling the recent variations of water balance components and water availability within the Senegal River basin: using WEAP21 model

2022Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s40808-022-01420-8

Climatic trends over tropics of Africa, A case of the Pra River Basin in Ghana

Open Access
2022Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1557816/v1

Sensitivity of reservoirs to sedimentation; Spatiotemporal analysis of the driving forces, implications, and the way forward

Open Access
2022Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-1435177/v1

Groundwater recharge estimation and potential recharge mapping in the Afram Plains of Ghana using SWAT and remote sensing techniques

2022Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisDOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2022.100741

Quantifying and analysing water trade-offs in the water-energy-food nexus: The case of Ghana

Open Access
2022Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.wen.2022.06.001

Assessing the Hydrological Implications of Small Reservoirs on Streamflow of the White Volta Basin in Ghana

Open Access
2022Water resources management and optimizationDOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4180088

Impact of post- reclamation of soil by large-scale, small-scale and illegal mining on water balance components and sediment yield: Pra River Basin case study

2021Mining and Resource ManagementDOI: 10.1016/j.still.2021.105026

Estimating the spatial distribution of evapotranspiration within the Pra River Basin of Ghana

Open Access
2021Plant Water Relations and Carbon DynamicsDOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06828

Evaluation of CORDEX Africa multi-model precipitation simulations over the Pra River Basin, Ghana

Open Access
2021Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2021.100815

Evaluation of RFE Satellite Precipitation and its Use in Streamflow Simulation in Poorly Gauged Basins

2021Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisDOI: 10.1007/s40710-021-00495-2

Potential for small hydropower development in the Lower Pra River Basin, Ghana

Open Access
2020Water-Energy-Food Nexus StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2020.100757

Evaluation and Comparison of Satellite Rainfall Products in the Black Volta Basin

2020Precipitation Measurement and AnalysisDOI: 10.1007/s40710-020-00465-0

Spatial evaluation of land use variability on water quality of the Densu Basin, Ghana

Open Access
2020Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.2166/ws.2020.187

Assessment of Hydro-climatic Trends and Variability over the Black Volta Basin in Ghana

2020Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s41748-020-00171-9

Multivariate statistical analysis of water quality of the Densu River, Ghana

2020Water Quality and Pollution AssessmentDOI: 10.1080/15715124.2020.1803337

Coupling SWAT and bathymetric data in modelling reservoir catchment hydrology

2020Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s41324-020-00337-7

Performance evaluation of Africa CORDEX regional climate models: case of Kpong irrigation scheme, Ghana

2020Climate variability and modelsDOI: 10.1007/s41324-020-00331-z

Quantitative management of groundwater resources in regional aquifers under uncertainty: A retrospective optimization approach

2019Reservoir Engineering and Simulation MethodsDOI: 10.1016/j.gsd.2019.02.005

Evolutional characteristics of hydro-meteorological drought studied using standardized indices and wavelet analysis

2019Hydrology and Drought AnalysisDOI: 10.1007/s40808-019-00569-z

Stochastic Modelling of Great Letaba River Flow Process

Open Access
2019Water resources management and optimizationDOI: 10.4236/gep.2019.76004

Groundwater recharge modelling in a large scale basin: an example using the SWAT hydrologic model

2017Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.1007/s40808-017-0383-z

Spatio-temporal variability modelling of land use and soil interactive effect on hydrology of a semi-arid watershed.

2017Environmental and Agricultural Sciences

Hydrological Responses to Land Use/Cover Changes in the Olifants Basin, South Africa

Open Access
2016Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.3390/w8120588

Simulation of Sediment Yield in a Semi-Arid River Basin under Changing Land Use: An Integrated Approach of Hydrologic Modelling and Principal Component Analysis

Open Access
2016Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.3390/su8111133

Using GIS for spatial exploratory analysis of borehole data: a firsthand approach towards groundwater development

Open Access
2016Groundwater and Watershed AnalysisDOI: 10.4314/just.v36i1.7

Spatial Variability Modeling of Soil Erodibility Index in Relation to Some Soil Properties at Field Scale

Open Access
2016Soil erosion and sediment transportDOI: 10.5539/enrr.v6n2p16

A Historical Analysis of Rainfall Trend in the Olifants Basin in South Africa

Open Access
2016Hydrology and Drought AnalysisDOI: 10.5539/esr.v5n1p129

Application of SWAT Model to the Olifants Basin: Calibration, Validation and Uncertainty Analysis

Open Access
2016Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.4236/jwarp.2016.83033

Noise Exposure and Hearing Capabilities of Quarry Workers in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

Open Access
2016Noise Effects and ManagementDOI: 10.1155/2016/7054276

Spatio-temporal Variability Modelling of Sediment Yield in a Semi Arid River Basin: The Swat Approach

2016Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesDOI: 10.2316/p.2016.836-015

Application of the Ccme-Wqi Model in Assessing the Water Quality of the Aboabo River, Kumasi-Ghana

Open Access
2013Business Strategies and Management ResearchDOI: 10.5539/jsd.v6n10p1

Conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms in water resources management: A perspective from the Black Volta Basin - Ghana

2013Water resources management and optimization

The Quality of Mouldings, Cabinets and Furniture Manufactured from Lesser Utilised Tropical Hardwood Species

1998Agriculture and Rural Development Research
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DepartmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
Total Publications70
Research Themes29
Open Access Papers42

Department of Civil Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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