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Kinston Cited for 46 Sewage Spill Violations

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KINSTON — Kinston residents are reacting to recentsewage spills in their city. Tuesday, the North Carolina Division of WaterQuality cited Kinston for 46 violations in connection with four unreportedsewage spills at the community's wastewater treatment plant.

City leaders claim they didn't know they had to report the incidents.

Sewage problems keep mounting in Kinston. In the past four years,regulators cited the city 11 times.

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