AP Water Intelligence
Andhra Pradesh Groundwater Assessment

Mandal Insights

APWRIMS-format readings fused with NASA/NDMC GRACE-DA satellite-model signals.

Prototype. Prototype results do not replace official field measurements or APWRIMS outputs.
OverviewMandal InsightsGooty

Gooty Mandal

Ananthapuramu District · 141 observation months
StressHigh ConfidenceCGWB 2024Safe Back to map
Historical Median Depth
12.39 mbgl
Available history / latest 2026-09
Observation Months
141
APWRIMS (AP-GWD)
NASA GW Percentile
13.6
Dry
Root-Zone Moisture
4.3
Very Dry
Surface Moisture
1.3
Very Dry
Overall Agreement
Decline without positive climate balance
Data Completeness
V2
High
Rainfall Context
138.3 mm
CHIRPS · Sep 2026
Location & Context
Basemap © OpenFreeMap · OSM · official boundary (AWARE, rebuilt)
Fusion Explanation
Measured · APWRIMS
12.39 mbgl
141 observation months
Rainfall / ET context
138.3 mm
climate balance: Balanced
Modelled nowcast
9.81 m
model P10–P90 8.64–11.18 m · Stress
The measured trend is declining without a positive climatic water balance (Balanced). Climate balance remains context and is not direct recharge.
This seasongauge rain, soil moisture and storage
APWRIMS · research use
Gauge rain, 1 Jun to 17 Oct 2026−55% against normal

203 mm against a normal of 453 mm · Deficient · 15 rainy days · 15 gauges

Last month: 107 mm against 119 mm.

Measured: AP DES mandal rain gauges via APWRIMS.

Soil moisture, 18 Oct 20263% at 30 cm · usual 80%
  • 5 cm0%
  • 30 cm3%
  • 100 cm12%
  • 150 cm15%

driest of 13 years for this date (range 8 to 89%). A week earlier: 26%.

Modelled: NRSC VIC land-surface model via APWRIMS; plant-available water as a share of what the soil holds.

Signals pointing to stress3 of 3 usable
  • Groundwater shortfall flaggedyes
  • Gauge rain 20% or more below normalyes
  • Soil among the driest quarter of years for the dateyes

A count of stated tests, not a score. The soil model is driven by rainfall, so those two are not independent.

Crop vegetation, 17 Sep to 14 Oct 202636 · severely below normal

Weekly since 25 Jun; dashed lines at 40 and 60, the drought manual’s class limits. Cropland is about 74% of this mandal's land.

Satellite index: NOAA STAR VHP, 4 km weekly, weighted to cropland (ESA WorldCover 2021). Plant vigour against the same weeks in other years, not yield.

Groundwater assessment 2025-2026Safe · 33% of the extractable groundwater drawn
  • Irrigation9.6
  • Domestic1.7
  • Industry0.1

11.3 of 34.8 million m³ a year (bars: share of the extractable resource, figures in million m³). 2024-2025: Safe, 23%.

Official: CGWB and the AP State Ground Water Department, GEC-2015 method, via INGRES; unit Gooty.

Reservoirs in Ananthapuramu, 19 Oct 2026
  • Penna Ahobilam Balancing Reservoir82%98% a year ago
  • Mid Pennar Reservoir36.4%55.7% a year ago
  • Bhairavanithippa Project9.5%73% a year ago

Storage at the dam, measured. Whether its canals reach this mandal needs the command-area map, which is not public.

Compare across the state
The State network’s latest reading
AWARE groundwater feed · one reading, not a monthly mean
Latest reading10.77 mbelow ground, 9 Sep 2026 · State band 6–20 m
Since May0.88 m deeperpre-monsoon 9.89 m
Against a year ago2.53 m deeper8.24 m then
Stations4wells averaged

Our monthly series ends Aug 2026 at 10.46 m; the State reading is 0.31 m deeper since then. It is shown beside our series, not merged into it, and the model does not use it.

Assembly constituency
Guntakal
Parliamentary constituency
Anantapuramu
Revenue division
Guntakal
LGD mandal code
05310
Official area
294.1 km²
Outline drawn
official boundary (AWARE, rebuilt)

AP AWARE groundwater feed (groundwater_aggregatedreadings_api) via the AI Living Labs data lake. Readings 1 Sep–9 Sep 2026.

Every constituency
Drought manual checkKharif 2026 · rain to 11 Oct 2026
steps 1–2 · not a declaration

Gooty

Ananthapuramu district · official boundary (AWARE, rebuilt)
Moderate
Step 1 · Trigger 1Set
Rainfall vs normal−54%203 mm against 442 mm · Deficient. Table 3.1 (IMD): normal +19 to −19%, deficient −20 to −59%, large deficient −60 to −99%, no rain −100%. Measured: AP DES gauges via APWRIMS.
Longest dry spell5 wk3.2.1 B: consecutive weeks after the monsoon's due onset with under 50% of the week's normal; usually 4 weeks, 3 on light soils.
1 Jundashed line: half of normal11 Oct
SPI route (satellite)−1.09Moderately dry; would set Trigger 1 on its own route. 3.2.1 C: SPI below −1 is a deficit; below −1.5 sets Trigger 1 without a dry spell. CHIRPS v3 since 1981.
Trigger 1 set by a dry spell. Table 3.11: a dry spell sets Trigger 1. Without one, only large-deficient rainfall (or SPI below −1.5) does.
Step 2 · Trigger 2 · 3 of 3 indicatorsModerate
Remote sensing · VCI Severe39Table 3.4: VCI 60–100 normal, 40–60 moderate, 0–40 severe. NOAA STAR VHP, 4 km, last four weeks. Satellite index over all vegetation; coarser than the manual prefers.
Soil moisture · PASM Severe29%Usual for the date 80%. This date read Severe in 4 of 12 earlier years. Table 3.6 (2020): PASM 76–100 no drought, 51–75 moderate, 0–50 severe. The State may recalibrate. Modelled: NRSC VIC at 30 cm via APWRIMS, four-week mean.
Hydrology · GWDI Normal+0.06Normal: 10.9 m below ground against a 12.0 m mean for the month, 12 years. Table 3.9: GWDI above −0.15 normal, to −0.30 mild, to −0.45 moderate, to −0.60 severe, below extreme. Measured: APWRIMS wells.
Agriculture · area sown Severe69%District figure as reported for 9 Sep 2026; context only, not one of this mandal's three. 3.2.3.1: sown area under 85% of normal is drought; 75% or less is severe.
3.3.1 Step 2: severe if two of three are severe and the third at least moderate; moderate if two are moderate or worse.
Step 3 · the State
Field verification due before harvest. 3.2.6: field checks in 10% of villages, about 5 sites per major crop; crop loss of 33% qualifies, over 50% for severe.
Every mandal on the Drought Watch
Aquifer Water Balancerainfall minus actual ET
TerraClimate 2025
Annual rainfall888.31 mm
Modelled actual ET757.21 mm
Annual rainfall minus actual ET+131.1 mm
Balanced

Rainfall minus modelled actual ET is climatic context, not crop water requirement, groundwater recharge, pumping or safe yield.

TerraClimate 2025 annual actual ET vs rainfall (~4 km, modeled). Not groundwater depth or a field irrigation instruction.
Measured History · APWRIMS-format
2014-06 – 2026-09
10.94m below ground
2026-09monsoon
020402014201620182020202220242026
Measured (APWRIMS) Modelled nowcast · p10–p90 Monsoon (Jun–Sep)Depth increases downward — a higher fill is a shallower water table.
Show the numbers
Depth to water by month, metres below ground (APWRIMS)
MonthDepth (m)
Sep 202610.94
Aug 202610.46
Jul 202610.59
Jun 202610.20
May 20269.89
Apr 20269.24
Mar 20268.86
Feb 20268.21
Jan 20267.16
Dec 20256.63
Nov 20256.07
Oct 20256.84
Sep 20257.39
Aug 20258.60
Jul 202510.08
Jun 20259.62
May 202510.25
Apr 202511.38
Mar 202511.47
Feb 202511.28
Jan 20259.77
Dec 20248.71
Nov 20249.03
Oct 20248.75
Sep 202410.58
Aug 202412.38
Jul 202411.80
Jun 202411.72
May 202412.59
Apr 202414.19
Mar 202413.87
Feb 202413.13
Jan 202412.31
Dec 202311.92
Nov 202311.52
Oct 202311.38
Sep 202310.96
Aug 202310.35
Jul 202310.28
Jun 202310.29
May 20235.12
Apr 202310.31
Mar 20239.62
Feb 20239.27
Jan 20238.80
Dec 20228.15
Nov 20228.08
Oct 20227.39
Sep 20228.45
Aug 20229.26
Jul 20228.91
Jun 202233.71
May 202217.13
Apr 202229.14
Mar 202215.71
Feb 202226.94
Jan 202226.82
Aug 20217.83
Jul 20218.50
May 20218.28
Feb 20216.78
Jan 20215.74
Dec 20206.06
Nov 20205.92
Oct 20208.73
Sep 20204.72
Aug 20208.73
Jul 20208.74
Jun 20209.86
May 202010.55
Apr 20209.88
Mar 20209.52
Feb 20209.23
Jan 20208.99
Dec 20198.68
Nov 20198.95
Oct 201911.52
Sep 201914.27
Aug 201918.47
Jul 201918.01
Jun 201918.61
May 201917.61
Apr 201916.44
Mar 201917.37
Feb 201916.87
Jan 201916.27
Dec 201816.22
Nov 201815.89
Oct 201815.68
Sep 201815.57
Aug 201816.88
Jul 201816.39
Jun 201816.66
May 201816.60
Apr 201815.73
Mar 201815.54
Feb 201814.58
Jan 201813.07
Dec 201713.10
Nov 20179.26
Oct 201710.79
Sep 201715.71
Aug 201718.25
Jul 201719.46
Jun 201718.49
May 201718.32
Apr 201717.96
Mar 201717.03
Feb 201714.73
Jan 201714.83
Dec 201615.56
Nov 201615.75
Oct 201614.03
Sep 201613.79
Aug 201614.18
Jul 201612.70
Jun 201614.44
May 201616.75
Apr 201615.90
Mar 201615.85
Feb 201615.72
Jan 201614.35
Dec 201513.53
Nov 201513.12
Oct 201513.98
Sep 201516.67
Aug 201516.98
Jul 201516.91
Jun 201516.26
May 201516.44
Apr 201516.18
Mar 201516.15
Feb 201515.62
Jan 201514.88
Dec 201414.30
Nov 201413.72
Oct 201415.01
Sep 201414.58
Aug 201419.65
Jul 20146.35
Jun 20146.60
APWRIMS-format monthly observations (m below ground). The dashed extension is the modelled nowcast — 9.81 m, P10–P90 8.64–11.18 m — not a measurement.
Monsoon Cycle · Recharge by Year
pre-monsoon May vs post-monsoon November
Typical monsoon recovery+3.87 mmedian across 10 paired years
Weakest recovery-6.40 min 2023
  1. 2015▲ 3.32 m
  2. 2016▲ 1.00 m
  3. 2017▲ 9.06 m
  4. 2018▲ 0.71 m
  5. 2019▲ 8.66 m
  6. 2020▲ 4.62 m
  7. 2022▲ 9.05 m
  8. 2023▼ 6.40 m
  9. 2024▲ 3.56 m
  10. 2025▲ 4.18 m
Pre-monsoon (May) — the annual low Post-monsoon (Nov) — after rechargeRecovery is the metres the water table rose over the monsoon. A short bar is a monsoon that did not refill the aquifer.
Derived from the measured APWRIMS-format history, not modelled. Years without both a May and a November reading are omitted rather than interpolated.
Data Quality & Freshness
Observation records141
Latest observation period2026-09
Satellite sample—
Measured labelAPWRIMS (AP-GWD)
Boundarypublic_prototype
141 observation months; modelled.
Data Sources
Measured Input · APWRIMS
APWRIMS mandal reading (2014-2026)
NASA Satellite-Model (GRACE-DA)
Real percentiles 0–100 · —
CHIRPS Rainfall Context
Monthly areal average · not direct measured recharge
Boundary Source
The State's outline (AWARE), rebuilt from its points · 294.1 km²
Recommended Action
Collect an additional field observation before interpretation
Review the APWRIMS-format observation history
Reassess once the authorised APWRIMS export arrives
Do not treat as official until the APWRIMS export is authorised
Action Output
AWARE / APWRIMS Action Output (Preview)
{
  "district_name": "ANANTHAPURAMU",
  "mandal_name": "GOOTY",
  "status": "Groundwater stress indicator",
  "confidence_label": "High",
  "recommended_action": "Review the measured history and field-verify conditions.",
  "source_caveat": "Unreleased preview; field verification and official schema required."
}
Prototype InsightAPWRIMS reading + real NASA satellite-model percentileNot official until the APWRIMS export is authorised · official boundary (AWARE, rebuilt)Go to watchlist