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Andhra Pradesh / Weekly water briefing · Prototype

This Week19 Oct 2026

The changes. The places. The next field check.

One-page digest
What this is
What moved since last Monday's refresh: rain, soil, reservoirs, the drought manual, groundwater and El Niño.
What it says now
7 headlines worse and 2 better since the previous refresh; 105 mandals have four or more stress signals.
What to do with it
Send field teams to the listed mandals and forward the one-page digest.
Headline changes since the previous refresh
  • 7worse
  • 2better
  • 2unchanged
  • 0new
Source register

01 / Moved this week 9 headlines

Gauge rain against normal, water year to date−39.6%Worse · −0.7 ptsPrevious −38.9%Current −39.6%−39.6%0.0%10 Oct 202617 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals at their driest on record for the date86Worse · +34Previous 52Current 8608611 Oct 202618 Oct 2026Open evidence Reservoir storage, share of capacity44.5%Worse · −4.1 ptsPrevious 48.6%Current 44.5%0.0%48.6%12 Oct 202619 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals meeting the drought manual's Trigger 1479Worse · +2Previous 477Current 479047910 Oct 202617 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals whose groundwater reads stress402Worse · +9Previous 393Current 4020402Sep 2026Sep 2026As of Sep 2026 · source has not updatedOpen evidence Mandals whose crop vegetation is severely below normal243Worse · +8Previous 235Current 24302437 Oct 202614 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals where most field crops are short of water (4 of 7 at mid-season)155Worse · +61Previous 94Current 155015512 Oct 202619 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals with soil drier than their usual for the date573Better · −87Previous 660Current 573066011 Oct 202618 Oct 2026Open evidence Mandals reading moderate314Better · −11Previous 325Current 314032510 Oct 202617 Oct 2026Open evidence
Next / Verify in the field105mandals with 4+ stress signalsOverlapping signals, not independent confirmations. Start with a verification visit.

Prototype briefing. Dated source readings and derived screening, not live telemetry or a drought declaration.

02 / Where it moved

17 mandals read worse on the drought manual this week, 27 better

7 moved into severe. Worse readings are spread over 11 districts, no more than 2 in any one; better ones gather in Anakapalli (4), Bapatla (3) and Konaseema (3).

Mandal comparison: one week of rain earlier. Separate from the headline refresh above.

Worse reading (17)Better reading (27)Held its reading
Readings that moved 44 mandalsView register

Readings that moved

Each mandal's manual reading now against the same reading one week of rain earlier
  • ▲RoluguntaAnakapalliTrigger 1 only → Moderate
  • ▲AnakapalleAnakapalliModerate → Severe
  • ▲RowthulapudiKakinadaTrigger 1 only → Normal or moderate
  • ▲GandepalleKakinadaNormal or moderate → Moderate
  • ▲KoyyalagudemEluruTrigger 1 only → Moderate
  • ▲VissannapetNTRTrigger 1 only → Moderate
  • ▲AgiripalleEluruTrigger 1 only → Moderate
  • ▲ChallapalleKrishnaModerate → Severe
  • ▲MopideviKrishnaModerate → Severe
  • ▲PidugurallaPalnaduNo trigger → Moderate
  • ▲Cherukupalle H/O ArumbakaBapatlaModerate → Severe
  • ▲ChiralaBapatlaNormal or moderate → Moderate or severe
  • ▲AnumasamudrampetaSri Potti Sriramulu NelloreNo trigger → Moderate or severe
  • ▲ChennurY.S.R KadapaTrigger 1 only → Moderate
  • ▲Jupadu BungalowNandyalModerate → Severe
  • ▲KolimigundlaNandyalModerate → Severe
  • ▲TanakalSri Sathya SaiModerate → Severe
  • ▼IchchapuramSrikakulamModerate or severe → Normal or moderate
  • ▼VajrapukothuruSrikakulamModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼SanthabommaliSrikakulamModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼NellimarlaVizianagaramSevere → Moderate
  • ▼CheedikadaAnakapalliModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼SabbavaramAnakapalliModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼PedagantyadaVisakhapatnamModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼GajuwakaVisakhapatnamModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼ChodavaramAnakapalliModerate → Normal or moderate
  • ▼MunagapakaAnakapalliSevere → Moderate
  • ▼TuniKakinadaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼ThondangiKakinadaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼Rajahmundry RuralEast GodavariModerate → Normal or moderate
  • ▼AtreyapuramKonaseemaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼KothapetaKonaseemaModerate or severe → Moderate
  • ▼AinavilliKonaseemaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼TallapudiEast GodavariModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼PalacoderuWest GodavariModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼PoduruWest GodavariModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼NarasapuramWest GodavariModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼BapatlaBapatlaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼ParchurBapatlaModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼VetapalemBapatlaSevere → Moderate
  • ▼SingarayakondaPrakasamModerate or severe → Normal or moderate
  • ▼PakalaTirupatiModerate → Trigger 1 only
  • ▼PenumuruChittoorModerate or severe → Moderate
  • ▼YadamarriChittoorModerate → Trigger 1 only
Open the Drought Watch →
03 / Held steady2 headlinesSame figure does not mean a new reading
Mandals reading severe on the manual's indicators30No change10 Oct 2026 → 17 Oct 2026Open evidence NOAA's expected El Niño peak (median, °C above normal)+2.74 °CNo changeAs of 8 Oct 2026 · source has not updatedEl Niño AdvisoryOpen evidence
Where field teams would learn most this week

Mandals where most signals point to water stress at once

Six published signals, each a stated test on a figure this site already shows. Where four or more agree, a visit can confirm or rule out stress quickly. A list for verification visits: not a ranking of need, an allocation or a declaration. The signals are not all independent: soil moisture is modelled from rain, and the crop check starts from the soil moisture.

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MandalGroundwaterRainSoilCrop waterVegetationExtractionAgreeWhat stands outField report
1TanakalSri Sathya Sai6/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 37 · over-exploited (117% drawn)Report
2Yeddana PudiBapatla5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 0Report
3GiddalurMarkapuram5/57 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 7 · semi-critical (85% drawn)Report
4SirvelNandyal5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 16Report
5PodiliMarkapuram5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 18Report
6IpurPalnadu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 18Report
7DurgiPalnadu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 19Report
8VemulaY.S.R Kadapa5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 20 · semi-critical (71% drawn)Report
9PidugurallaPalnadu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 27Report
10EdlapaduPalnadu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 29Report
11PhirangipuramGuntur5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 33Report
12CumbumMarkapuram5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 34 · semi-critical (82% drawn)Report
13GootyAnanthapuramu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 36Report
14RentachintalaPalnadu5/67 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 38Report
15OrvakalKurnool5/66 of 7 crops short of water · vegetation index 13Report
  1. Groundwater. Groundwater short of its own seasonal normal (measured wells)
  2. Rain. Gauge rain 20% or more below normal since 1 June (measured)
  3. Soil. Soil moisture among the driest quarter of years for the date (modelled)
  4. Crop water. Most field crops short of water now: 4 or more of the 7 reference crops at mid-season (FAO-56 check)
  5. Vegetation. Crop vegetation severely below normal, last four weeks (satellite, VCI under 40)
  6. Extraction. Groundwater semi-critical or worse in the official assessment (structural, yearly)

Filled: points to stress. Open: does not. Faint: no usable value. Crop water: soil moisture of 18 Oct 2026 and ECMWF’s forecast (19 Oct 2026 to 25 Oct 2026), the seven reference crops taken at mid-season. Vegetation: NOAA VCI over cropland, 17 Sep 2026 to 14 Oct 2026. Extraction: CGWB / State GWD assessment 2025-2026. Check any of them crop by crop → Teams: write and share a field report →

Groundwater status that moved

Latest reading Sep 2026 → Sep 2026 · 1 worse, 3 better
  • ▲AtlurY.S.R KadapaStable → Watch
  • ▼EluruEluruStress → Watch
  • ▼EdlapaduPalnaduWatch → Stable
  • ▼KavitiSrikakulamStress → Watch
Open the watchlist →

Compared with the data the site was showing before this refresh (commit 33b8170, 19 Oct 2026). Built each Monday by the weekly refresh, after every source has been fetched and before anything is published. A feed that failed or looked mid-revision keeps last week’s figure, and its date above says so. Rain, soil and reservoirs: APWRIMS. Drought readings: this site’s reading of the national drought manual, not a declaration. Groundwater: APWRIMS monthly series. El Niño: NOAA CPC.