A company that sought a government contract to provide air purifiers to Tijuana River Valley residents says the county instead purchased purifiers that will offer residents little to no relief from the tainted air emanating from the polluted waterway.
In a newly-filed court petition, attorneys for Medify Air are asking a judge to throw out the $26.8 million contract San Diego County awarded to Oransi LLC for tens of thousands of portable air purifiers.
The county’s push to deliver 30,000 air purifiers is part of its plan to provide relief to South Bay residents and business owners forced to breathe in the noxious hydrogen sulfide that rises from the polluted waterway. The purifiers would act as a temporary, partial solution while the United States and Mexico attempt to fix aging and inadequate infrastructure at the transboundary water treatment plant…