linear measure. 1. any system for measuring length. 2. any unit used in linear measurement, as the inch, foot, meter, etc. The lowest dimension, as in our own table of linear measure, was the Barleycorn. Eln still survives in the name of a linear measure, the âell,â and is derived from the O. Teut.
The health effects of drinking contaminated water can range from no physical impact to severe illness or even death. Some of the effects of drinking contaminated water can be immediate, or not noticed for many years. These include gastrointestinal and stomach illnesses like: nausea. vomiting.
What are the symptoms of diseases caused by exposure to sewage-contaminated water? Gastro-enteritis can affect different parts or the whole of the gastro-intestinal tract. Symptoms of gastro-enteritis include vomiting, pain in the abdomen, and/or diarrhea.Sometimes gastro-enteritis is accompanied by a fever.here are many routes of human exposure to the organisms in sewage-contaminated water: oral-drinking contaminated water or eating contaminated seafood dermal-getting contaminated water on your skin and in open cuts or rashes aerosol-inhaling water droplets such as those from breaking waves.