The bug
When underwater, the water texture overlay doesn't show up, well it does show up but it's barely visible compared to 1.12.
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1.16 pre 5 still missing; the texture was also darkened in this pre release which may be worth noting.
I can confirm what the issue describes in 21w44a: the water overlay is indeed used, but it's ridiculously hard to see.
Also confirmed in 1.17.1. The title should be updated to reflect that while it does show, it's so hard to see that it's basically insignificant.
[In 1.13.1] Still no change. The Water Overlay is still missing.