 Dimock was the site of a much publicized incident of water contamination from hydraulic fracturing, a process used to extract natural gas from the Marcellus Formation.In May 2012, after the installation of water treatment systems in affected homes, methane and arsenic were found only in small amounts at one home.At that time the EPA reported that their most recent "set of sampling did not show levels of contaminants that would give EPA reason to take further action."