Yes, you enter this as an asset to be depreciated. Assuming you are working in the rental property section of your return, go to the asset/depreciation section of your rental summary to enter the information on your water heater.
If you had your old water heater listed as a depreciable asset, you will need to take this out of service. If you didn't report it separately, then disregard. Also indicate this is Rental Real Estate Property when it asks for a description of the asset and then in the next screen that follows, indicate this is an appliance.,
If you need to take the old water heater out of service, do so in the following manner.