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.
Children and the elderly are at a higher risk of the harmful health effects of disease-causing organisms in drinking water. Testing for coliform bacteria in your well waterTesting for all possible disease causing organisms is complex, time consuming and expensive. Usually, in order to determine the water quality of your well, testing is done for three different groups of coliform bacteria; each has a different level of risk to human health.