(Picture: Shutterstock)Household water bills across England and Wales will rise 5.4% beginning in April, costing each household about £33 more per year. It comes as companies prepare to invest £20 billion in the next two years to secure water supplies and end sewage entering rivers and seas. The public outcry about sewage entering waterways prompted firms to increase bills to pay for upgrades after decades of underinvestment. Our interactive checker will show you just how much your bills are set to increase beginning in April. Water UK said the cash raised from water bills could only be used to fund infrastructure that had been independently determined to be ‘new, necessary and value for money’.