Not too long ago, no one, anywhere, required a hechsher on eggs. However, recently, questions have been asked about the lineages of hens used to commercially produce eggs. Whether many of these suspicions are well-founded or not, I have my doubts. But there are also doubts about whether forbidden species have been interbred into otherwise kosher poultry – again, a somewhat contentious subject if it’s at all possible. But some support this claim through genetics. That’s why Orthodox hasgochos require hechsher for both live poultry and eggs. Those who don’t identify with those hashgochos, or the Rabbonim standing behind them will probably spurn these new chumros, like their forebears spurned chumros like a hechsher on milk and bread etc.
WRT water. some companies transport water in tankers, which are regularly used to transport other liquids, sometimes not kosher. Water bottled at source with dedicated machinery, does not really require a hechsher – save to state that it is bottled at source.
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