When Water flows and collide with other bits of water and under a water log enable block it will create a water source even if the block is not water logged. I tried with up and down slabs, stairs and signs. I tried over soulsand and over sandstone and only the soulsand make this happened. I'm Playing on Relms haven't tested in single player world
Thanks for the report, however this has been reported before as MCPE-35728. Currently MCPE-35728 is resolved as a duplicate of MCPE-35444 which is currently Working as Intended. Please see both the tickets above for more information regarding why they are resolved they way they are. Please direct any feedback you may have to the feedback site. Thanks.