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 Shallow water table

 Existence of springs and flowing
wells
 Less dependency on groundwater
for irrigation
 Recharge rate is more, Soil
health is good
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 More area under groundwater irrigation, high water
requirement crops, flow irrigation practices etc., created stress
on groundwater resources resulted in
 depletion of water table
 decrease in well yields, drying up wells
 consumption of more power for lifting same quantity of
water
 deterioration of water quality etc.,
 Reduction in Recharge rate due to concretization, change in
land use practices etc.,
 Deterioration of Soil health due to changed agriculture
practices (high use of fertilizers and pesticides, multipleAPGWD
crops
etc., )
NEERU-CHETTU MISSION:
 Drought proof the State
 Control the Wastage of water to the Sea
 Water Conservation and Management
 Soil moisture conservation
 Watershed treatment
 Rainwater Harvesting Structures
construction
 Catchment area treatment
 Degraded lands treatment &
Increase the area under green cover
 Increase the production and productivity
 More productivity per drop of water
 Improve the groundwater recharge
 Desilting of tanks and restoration of tank
cascades and irrigation systems
 Conjunctive use of Surface water &
Groundwater
 More area under MIP (Drip & Sprinkler)
 Integrated Plans for sustainability of
Irrigation sources
 Improve the Water use Efficiency,
Reduce the gap ayacut
 Promote Solar and other non conventional
energy sources
 Encourage Participatory Irrigation
Management

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 GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
GROUND WATER DEPARTMENT
Major Geological Units in Andhra Pradesh

Principal Geological Units in Principal Geological Units in

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh

Major % of area in S. Major % of area in

S. Geological total State's
Geological total State's No.
No. Unit area
Unit area

1 Alluvium 12.75 9 Quartzite 5.91

2 Laterite 0.43 10 Charnockite 6.81
3 Basalt 0.09 11 Khondalite 8.71
4 Sandstone 2.80 Banded
5 Shale 12.47 12 Granite
6 Limestone 4.74 Gneiss 25.84
7 Granite 4.45 13 Gneiss 6.11
8 Schist 8.66 14 Intrusives 0.24
Out of the 1,60,204 Sq.Kms of Andhra Pradesh State area, about 20% of
the area occupied by Soft Rocks (Sedimentary and Alluvium APGWD
formation
and the remaining 80% of the area is occupied by hard rocks (Compact
geological formations)
 736 Groundwater Basins in Andhra Pradesh

Category Watersheds Mandals

( Basins)
Over Exploited (Groundwater development is > 100 %
of the recharge) 56 41

Critical
(Groundwater development is 90 to 100 % of the 14 7
recharge)
Semi-Critical (Groundwater development is 70 to 90
52 42
% of the recharge)
Safe
614 574
(Groundwater development is < 70 % of the recharge)
Total 736 664
Notified Over Exploited Villages
( Where construction of new wells and Sand mining
are banned) 946 Villages

Existing gross
Annual Groundwater Groundwater Stage of Gw
Groundwater draft for
availability Balance Develop-ment
Region/State all uses
TMC TMC %
TMC

C NC Total C NC Total C NC Total C NC Total

Coastal 10
291 172 463 61 65 126 230 337 21 38 27
Andhra 7
Rayalaseema 44 153 198 15 104 120 29 49 78 34 68
APGWD 60
Andhra 15
335 325 661 76 169 245 260 416 23 52 37
Pradesh 6
C:Command NC: Non Command
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 SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 945 16.4 27 19.9
Banded Gneissic
1910 33.2 52 38.2
Complex
Charnockite 1357 23.6 28 20.6
Gneiss 811 14.1 12 8.8
Khondalite 669 11.6 12 8.8
Laterite 40 0.7
Quartzite 8 0.1
Sandstone 19 0.3 5 3.7
Total 5759 100.0 136 100.0
Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well No. of Wells
Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 45 Bimonthly Jul-70 Till date
Observation Well (Coastal) 17 Bimonthly May-06 Till date
Observation Well (APERP) 28 Bimonthly Nov-01 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject (APERP) 2 Monthly Nov-01 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 37 Monthly May-00 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 7 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 VIZIANAGARAM DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network

Alluvium 13 0.2 2 2.2

Charnockite 913 15.4 10 11.0
Gneiss 2323 39.3 33 36.3
Khondalite 2573 43.5 44 48.4
Laterite 46 0.8 1 1.1
Quartzite 43 0.7 1 1.1
Sandstone 3 0.1
Total 5914 100 91 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 40 Bi-Monthly Jan-91 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 32 Monthly May-97 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 12 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 VISAKHAPATNAM DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 945 16.4 27 19.9
Banded Gneissic
1910 33.2 52 38.2
Complex
Charnockite 1357 23.6 28 20.6
Gneiss 811 14.1 12 8.8
Khondalite 669 11.6 12 8.8
Laterite 40 0.7
Quartzite 8 0.1
Sandstone 19 0.3 5 3.7
Total 5759 100.0 136 100.0
Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well No. of Wells
Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 45 Bimonthly Jul-70 Till date
Observation Well (Coastal) 17 Bimonthly May-06 Till date
Observation Well (APERP) 28 Bimonthly Nov-01 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject (APERP) 2 Monthly Nov-01 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 37 Monthly May-00 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 7 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 3871 36.1 102 55.14
Banded
Gneissic 1 0.0 0.00
Complex
Basalt 97 0.9 2 1.08
Charnockite 967 9.0 12 6.49
Gneiss 1174 10.9 11 5.95
Khondalite 3680 34.3 33 17.84
Sandstone 937 8.7 25 13.51
Total 10727 100 185 100

No. of Monitoring Data Availability

Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 81 Bimonthly Aug-97 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project-I 47 Monthly Nov-97 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project-II 56 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitorin Monitoring
SqKm
area g stations Network
Alluvium 3730 48.35 106 64.63
Banded
Gneissic 216 2.80 2 1.22
Complex
Basalt 49 0.64 4 2.44
Charnockite 204 2.64 1 0.61
Gneiss 44 0.57 2 1.22
Khondalite 871 11.29 11 6.71
Laterite 28 0.36 1 0.61
Sandstone 2573 33.35 37 22.56
Total 7715 100 164 100
Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well No. of Wells
Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 55 Bimonthly May-73 Till date
Observation Well (Coastal) 11 Bimonthly May-06 Till date
Observation Well (APERP) 24 Bimonthly May-03 Till date
Observation Well (Aqua) 4 Bimonthly May-00 Till date
Piezometer HP(APERP) 4 Monthly May-04 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 31 Monthly May-97 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 35 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 KRISHNA DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 4151 48.1 75 39.3
Banded Gneissic
1655 19.2 53 27.7
Complex
Charnockite 854 9.9 21 11.0
Khondalite 1375 15.9 27 14.1
Lime Stone 37 0.4 1 0.5
Quartzite 53 0.6
Shale 29 0.3 1 0.5
Sandstone 469 5.4 13 6.8
Total 8623 100 191 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 26 Bimonthly Nov-73 Till date
Observation Well (Command Area) 49 Bimonthly Dec-72 Till date
Piezometer (R&D) 13 Monthly Mar-13 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project -I 43 Monthly Oct-96 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project -II 60 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 GUNTUR DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 3132 27.6 71 19.6
Banded Gneissic
2141 18.9 114 31.5
Complex
Charnockite 1450 12.8 46 12.7
Gneiss 3 0.0 0.0
Granite 122 1.1 6 1.7
Khondalite 6 0.1 0.0
Lime Stone 1572 13.8 63 17.4
Quartzite 785 6.9 5 1.4
Schist 654 5.8 35 9.7
Shale 1323 11.6 15 4.1
Sandstone 170 1.5 7 1.9
Total 11358 100 362 100
Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well No. of Wells
Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 19 Bimonthly 1979 Till date
Observation Well (Command) 183 Bimonthly 1979 Till date
Observation Well (APERP) 13 Bimonthly 2003 Till date
Observation Well (Aqua) 10 Bimonthly 1994 Till date
Piezometer R&D 1 Monthly 2000 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 49 Monthly 1998 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 77 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 PRAKASAM DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 1429 8.14 28 10.07
Banded Gneissic
232 1.32 12 4.32
Complex
Charnockite 1558 8.87 43 15.47
Gneiss 1041 5.93 17 6.12
Granite 675 3.84 15 5.40
Laterite 95 0.54 2 0.72
Quartzite 2690 15.32 10 3.60
Schist 5158 29.37 88 31.65
Shale 4557 25.95 61 21.94
Sandstone 127 0.72 2 0.72
Total 17562 100 278 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 38 Bi-Monthly May-85 Till date
Observation Well (Command) 112 Bi-Monthly May-90 Till date
Piezometer APCBTMP 14 Monthly Oct-10 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 60 Monthly May-99 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 51 Wells are under execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 NELLORE DISTRICT

% of No.of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 2714 21.8 35 19.3
Banded Gneissic
1694 13.6 32 17.7
Complex
Gneiss 61 0.5 2 1.1
Laterite 257 2.1 9 5.0
Quartzite 378 3.0
Schist 7374 59.1 102 56.4
Total 12478 100 181 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To

Observation Well (General) 79 Bi-Monthly Jul-13 Till date

Piezometer APCBTMP 22 Monthly Jul-09 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 31 Monthly Nov-97 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 47 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 CHITTOOR DISTRICT

% of No. of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Alluvium 91 0.6 3 1.3
Banded Gneissic
13347 89.1 222 93.3
Complex
Gneiss 91 0.6 1 0.4
Granite 248 1.7 5 2.1
Intrusives 107 0.7 1 0.4
Laterite 220 1.5 1 0.4
Quartzite 528 3.5 3 1.3
Shale 213 1.4 2 0.8
Sandstone 138 0.9
Total 14983 100 238 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 51 Bimonthly Jun-94 Till date
Piezometer APCBTMP 38 Monthly May-11 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project-I 57 Monthly May-01 Till date
Piezometer Hydrology Project-II 86 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 YSR CUDDAPAH DISTRICT

% of No. of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network
Banded Gneissic
Complex 2323 15.1 37 13.0
Granite 103 0.7
Intrusives 114 0.7 1 0.4
Limestone 1479 9.6 58 20.4
Quartzite 3487 22.7 23 8.1
Shale 7857 51.1 166 58.2
Total 15363 100 285 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (Command area) 67 Bi-Monthly Jan-80 Till date
Observation Well(Command area-SRBC) 11 Bi-Monthly Aug-90 Till date
Observation Well (General) 36 Bi-Monthly Jan-76 Till date
Piezometer APCBTMP 10 Monthly Aug-09 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 49 Monthly Jan-97 Till date
Piezometer SRBC 11 Monthly Jul-90 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 83 Wells are under execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 ANATAPUR DISTRICT

% of No. of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stati ons Network

Banded Gneissic
12552 65.86 297 73.70
Complex
Gniess 169 0.89 2 0.50
Granite 3968 20.82 56 13.90
Intrusives 99 0.52 1 0.25
Limestone 593 3.11 5 1.24
Quartzite 19 0.10 - -
Schist 559 2.93 7 1.74
Shale 1101 5.78 35 8.68
Total 19060 100 403 100
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (General) 20 Bi-Monthly Jan-05 Till date
Observation Well (Command) 115 Bi-Monthly Nov-99 Till date
Piezometer APCBTMP 26 Monthly Aug-10 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 33 Monthly Aug-97 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 64 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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 KURNOOL DISTRICT

% of No. of % of
Area
Geology Total Monitoring Monitoring
SqKm
area stations Network

Banded Gneissic
4951 28.0 92 17.6
Complex
Gneiss 676 3.8 16 3.1
Granite 2055 11.6 59 11.3
Lime Stone 3844 21.7 198 37.8
Quartzite 1389 7.9 19 3.6
Shale 4716 26.7 140 26.7
Total 17686 100.0 524 100.0
No. of Monitoring Data Availability
Type of Well
Wells Interval From To
Observation Well (Command area) 188 Bi-Monthly Apr-90 Till date
Observation Well (General) 82 Bi-Monthly Jul-90 Till date
Piezometer APCBTMP 10 Monthly Dec-09 Till date
Piezometer SRBC 55 Monthly May-90 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-I 62 Monthly May-90 Till date
Piezometer HydrologyProject-II 99 Wells are under Execution
NOTE
Bi-Monthly : January, March, May, July, September and November.
Data Availability: For functioning wells since inception.
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