Conditions affecting the hearing bones: otosclerosis. Otosclerosis is the most common cause of hearing loss in young people. It's a condition of abnormal bone growth affecting the stapes, the third of the three little bones in the middle ear.
Hydroelectric dams use water to produce electricity. Natural water resources include lakes, rivers, streams, ice pack, groundwater, precipitation and oceans. As global climate change begins to affect the distribution of water resources in the United States, water use in all sectors is coming under increasing scrutiny.
1 Hydroelectric power plants use water in a different way, converting the energy in falling water into electricity by passing it through turbines. 2  Fuel Extraction and Production â Water is a critical resource for the drilling and mining of natural gas, coal, oil, and uranium.