Andhra Pradesh Groundwater Assessment
Districts — Groundwater Levels & Stress
- What this is
- District roll-ups of groundwater, rain, soil and reservoirs, with a short situation brief for each.
- What it says now
- Rain since 1 June is deficient or scanty in 28 of 29 districts; reservoirs hold 45% against 85% a year ago.
- What to do with it
- Brief a collector, or compare districts before a review.
Prototype. Prototype results do not replace official field measurements or APWRIMS outputs.
District pressure profile
Ananthapuramu30 stress flags / 33 prototype units. 33 modelled; 33 with YoY comparisons.
Review mandalsEqual-weight mandal means; available periods may differ. Positive YoY means deeper water. Dot position is not a drought declaration or an area-weighted district estimate.
District levels / available nowcasts
m below ground| District | Est. Level | YoY | Stress | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.75 m | ↓ 4.85 | 24 | Verify | |
| 18.11 m | ↓ 3.24 | 21 | Stress | |
| 17.79 m | ↓ 1.35 | 11 | Stress | |
| 17.47 m | ↓ 1.3 | 14 | Verify | |
| 14.99 m | ↓ 4.19 | 20 | Verify | |
| 13.49 m | ↓ 3.89 | 30 | Stress | |
| 11.74 m | ↓ 4.3 | 22 | Verify | |
| 11.63 m | ↓ 1.82 | 24 | Stress | |
| 9.4 m | ↓ 2.46 | 19 | Stress | |
| 9.25 m | ↓ 2.07 | 12 | Stress | |
| 8.95 m | ↓ 3.18 | 16 | Verify | |
| 8.87 m | ↓ 1.66 | 18 | Stress | |
| 8.82 m | ↓ 3.78 | 22 | Verify | |
| 8.42 m | ↓ 1.34 | 16 | Verify | |
| 7.96 m | ↓ 3.38 | 5 | Insufficient Data | |
| 7.35 m | ↓ 3.11 | 23 | Stress | |
| 7.18 m | ↓ 1.43 | 5 | Stress | |
| 7.06 m | ↓ 2.56 | 9 | Stress | |
| 6.94 m | ↓ 1.17 | 9 | Verify | |
| 6.87 m | ↓ 0.13 | 5 | Verify | |
| 6.82 m | ↓ 1.29 | 14 | Verify | |
| 5.7 m | ↓ 0.6 | 4 | Verify | |
| 5.68 m | ↓ 2.22 | 14 | Stress | |
| 5.45 m | ↓ 0.45 | 10 | Verify | |
| 4.08 m | ↓ 0.86 | 11 | Stress | |
| 3.72 m | ↓ 2.65 | 13 | Stress | |
| 3.71 m | ↓ 1.2 | 10 | Verify | |
| 2.78 m | ↓ 0.33 | 1 | Stress |
Eleven-Year Decline by District
measured history · steepest deepening first deepening recovering state median depthAll 28 share one depth scale anchored at the ground surface, so tiles are directly comparable. Slope is least squares over the measured record.
Show the numbers
| District | Latest depth (m) | Trend (m a year) |
|---|---|---|
| East Godavari | 11.67 | +0.28 |
| Visakhapatnam | 7.24 | +0.13 |
| Srikakulam | 3.44 | +0.10 |
| Anakapalli | 6.17 | +0.06 |
| West Godavari | 4.47 | +0.05 |
| Kakinada | 5.74 | +0.04 |
| Parvathipuram Manyam | 3.11 | +0.04 |
| Alluri Sitharama Raju | 8.09 | +0.03 |
| Vizianagaram | 2.32 | +0.02 |
| Krishna | 7.00 | 0.00 |
| Konaseema | 1.44 | -0.04 |
| Guntur | 3.05 | -0.04 |
| Bapatla | 3.57 | -0.10 |
| NTR | 3.82 | -0.12 |
| Kurnool | 8.57 | -0.15 |
| Palnadu | 6.29 | -0.17 |
| Polavaram | 7.16 | -0.24 |
| Nandyal | 8.22 | -0.25 |
| Tirupati | 7.36 | -0.32 |
| Eluru | 17.68 | -0.34 |
| Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore | 7.24 | -0.38 |
| Prakasam | 7.28 | -0.41 |
| Chittoor | 10.55 | -0.63 |
| Ananthapuramu | 12.86 | -0.83 |
| Y.S.R Kadapa | 10.95 | -0.84 |
| Markapuram | 15.58 | -0.99 |
| Annamayya | 16.33 | -1.09 |
| Sri Sathya Sai | 17.54 | -1.38 |
Where the decade disagrees with the assessment
official category against twelve years of measured pre-monsoon depth67mandals assessed safe whose pre-monsoon water table has fallen for a decade
28assessed semi-critical or worse whose table has risen over the same years
42of 593 units changed category between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026
| Official category | Table falling | Steady | Table rising |
|---|---|---|---|
| Safe | 67 | 197 | 262 |
| Semi-critical | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| Critical | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Over-exploited | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Salinity | 14 | 18 | 4 |
Assessed safe, falling fastest
KavitiSrikakulam · 10 pre-monsoons, 2017–2026
+2.48 m/yr
31% drawn
Rajahmundry RuralEast Godavari · 9 pre-monsoons, 2018–2026
+2.26 m/yr
16% drawn
RajanagaramEast Godavari · 12 pre-monsoons, 2015–2026
+1.98 m/yr
54% drawn
LingapalemEluru · 12 pre-monsoons, 2015–2026
+1.45 m/yr
61% drawn
KamavarapukotaEluru · 12 pre-monsoons, 2015–2026
+1.16 m/yr
48% drawn
GudupalleChittoor · 11 pre-monsoons, 2016–2026
+1.11 m/yr
70% drawn
Visakhapatnam (rural)Visakhapatnam · 11 pre-monsoons, 2016–2026
+1.03 m/yr
48% drawn
VajrapukothuruSrikakulam · 11 pre-monsoons, 2016–2026
+1.02 m/yr
17% drawn
Nothing here is projected forward. Between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 the median unit moved 4.5 stage points, but 50 moved more than twenty and 7 more than forty — Anantapur Rural went from 17.8% to 76.4%. The measure’s own year-to-year movement is larger than most units’ distance to a threshold, so a one-year extrapolation would be noise wearing a number. These are places to look at, not forecasts.
Least-squares slope through each mandal's own May readings, 7 years or more. Steady is within 0.2 m a year either way; positive is a falling table. A slope through a mandal’s own May readings makes a drought year one point in a line rather than the whole signal: the record’s own year-on-year difference, which compares this September with last, puts most of the safe category in decline and so only restates that this season was bad.
AI Briefing & Q&Agrounded in the fused data
Numbers are computed deterministically from the fused district signals; only the wording is AI-generated. The model is instructed to use only the given figures and never to invent a value — percentiles are stress/trend, not depth.
Show all 28 district cards — mandal counts, stress counts and average level
Ananthapuramu District · 33 of 33 prototype units modelled
Mandals
33
In Stress
30
Stable
0
Avg Level (m)
13.49
| Mandal | Historical median | Est. Level β | NASA GW percentile | Root-Zone | Water Balance | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atmakur | 8.53 mbgl | 5.93 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Watch |
| Atmakur | 4.68 mbgl | 6.64 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| D.hirehal | 20.23 mbgl | 19.08 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Rayadurg | 22.26 mbgl | 17.81 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Kanekal | 16.77 mbgl | 20.05 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Bommanahal | 7.95 mbgl | 14.01 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Vidapanakal | 4.64 mbgl | 6.93 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Guntakal | 7.26 mbgl | 6.74 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Gooty | 12.39 mbgl | 9.81 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Peddavadugur | 6.58 mbgl | 6.06 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Yadiki | 28.79 mbgl | 34.56 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Tadpatri | 15.49 mbgl | 15.26 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Peddapappur | 6.62 mbgl | 1.59 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Pamidi | 15.1 mbgl | 13.65 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Vajrakarur | 9.78 mbgl | 9.64 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Uravakonda | 4.99 mbgl | 4.29 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Beluguppa | 20.09 mbgl | 13.05 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Gummagatta | 25.96 mbgl | 13.45 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Brahmasamudram | 20.49 mbgl | 12.56 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Kalyandurg | 20.52 mbgl | 29.4 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Atmakur | 1.86 mbgl | 7.22 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Watch |
| Kudair | 12.87 mbgl | 12.11 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Garladinne | 3.73 mbgl | 3.87 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Singanamala | 9.45 mbgl | 10.1 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Putlur | 19.61 mbgl | 25.51 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Yellanur | 10.25 mbgl | 9.85 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Narpala | 9.84 mbgl | 8.1 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Watch |
| Bukkaraya Samudram | 9.06 mbgl | 7.21 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Anantapur | 9.44 mbgl | 9.18 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Raptadu | 13.37 mbgl | 6.44 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Settur | 26.01 mbgl | 43.59 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
| Kundurpi | 16.66 mbgl | 28.05 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Balanced | Stress |
| Kambadur | 14.93 mbgl | 13.46 m | 13.6 | 4.3 | Deficit | Stress |
Prototype roll-upAggregated from real APWRIMS readings (2014-2026) + NASA satellite-model percentilesNot official until the APWRIMS export is authorised · 595 of 670 mandal outlines official (AWARE, rebuilt)