BEND, OR -- Oregon State University has received a grant from the Oregon Health Authority to conduct weekly sewer sample tests in Bend for the next 2-and a half years. O-S-U Professor Tyler Radniecki led the research team that tested sewers in late May and early June that didn’t turn up much evidence of COVID-19. However he says testing has continued since mid-July and is showing a consistent increase in evidence of the virus in Bend. Radniecki says they will also test the wastewater at OSU-Cascades as well.