How can I do such as that effect for my water sprite in Unity?

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Go to the version you’re working on, and on the dropdown select the Built In Shaders option.
You can then replicate the Offset parameter from Default diffusse shader and put it into a copy of the default sprite shader.
The trick is to change that offset everyframe.