11. the los angeles water department bought the water rights in the owens valley, and planned an _______ to bring water from the owens valley, through the san fernando valley to los angeles
Answer: Aqueduct Fred Eaton, mayor of Los Angeles, promoted a plan to take water from Owens Valley to Los Angeles via an aqueduct. The aqueduct construction was overseen by William Mulholland and was finished in 1913.