Households are facing higher bills from this month, with the average water bill up six per cent. These rising prices are putting further pressure on families, to find more ways they can cut their bills. Following reports that Thames Water is in deep trouble, customers are warned their bills could face rises up to 40 per cent. Chris Weston, Thames Water’s CEO explained that customers could face these steep increases as shareholders have backed out of plans to push £500million funding into the failing company. Ministers have accepted that Thames Water bills will have to rise, as they seek to per…