Penny Aucoin’s chickens are all dead.   A produced water pipe located across the street from her Carlsbad-area home burst in mid-January, drenching her house and yard with the toxic water for an hour before it was shut off. In the aftermath, Aucoin was forced to euthanize 18 chickens and one dog, and give up her … Continue reading ‘Dereliction of duty’: 1.6 million gallons of produced water spilled so far in 2020