Sales were down at the El Paso Water Utilities (EPWU) in the first three quarters of 2012 – and in the eyes of the organization’s leaders that’s great news.Through the end of September, data shows that water customers in the city that marks the western tip of Texas reduced their demand for water by 635 million gallons compared to the first nine months of 2011 and the leaders are elated.When the city reached half a billion gallons in water savings a month earlier, John Balliew, EPWU vice president of operations, gave much of the credit to the utility’s ongoing water
