There is mounting interest from public and private entities to have their say in a proposal from Halifax Water to hike rates for customers in the coming years.

Oland Brewery, Halifax Regional Municipality, Killam Apartment REIT — one of the province's largest landlords — and others have added their names to the list of participants in a regulatory review of Halifax Water's proposed rate hikes.

Last week a group of landlords and the provincial government indicated they would intervene in the case,…