A common complaint environmentalists have against fracking is the amount of water these wells use especially in drought-stricken regions of the country such as West Texas and they way the oil and gas industry disposes of the waste fluid. 反对水力压裂法的环保人士经常抱怨的一个问题是这些油气井所需要的用水量尤其是在美国遭受旱灾的地区(比如德克萨斯州西部)以及石油与天然气行业处置废液的方式。