Location, Location, ...Excrement?

MJ and I have been looking for an appropriate and mutually acceptable building site for the last month or so; we each have certain requirements.  Neither of us wants much of a lawn to deal with, so something wooded sounds good.  She wants to be close to emergency services.  I don't want to be too close to a lot of people.  Since we want the sun to help us with heating and energy, a nice southern exposure is a requirement.

We've been making weekend trips to potential sites found in real estate listings for nearby counties. Need the right combination of location, price, and features.  A couple of weeks ago we found a site that seemed to fit most of the criteria and started to investigate a little further.  Something that quickly came to the fore (which I hadn't even considered), was what to do with our sewage.  Most of the sites we've looked at, this one no exception, are somewhat rural.  No city sewer.  So we would need a septic system of some sort.  This particular site that we like was certified to have a lagoon septic system.  It isn't particularly appealing.  Some of the local residents that we talked with said they've had similar systems for years without issues, and there is no sewer bill.  They "love them".  We don't really have the same affection for them, so are investigating the options.

I am just a little surprised to learn that the disposal of my human excrement has become such an issue to site procurement.  Live and learn.