The effect of PEO (polyethylene oxide) addition on the frictional loss of sea-water flow through circular pipe and the degradation of its effect by pumping or by stirring are studied experimentailly. The effect of PEO addition becomes higher according as the moleculer weight of PEO becomes larger. The effect of PEO addition on the reduction of fictional loss is degraded approximately 36 % after stirring by centrifugal pumps. The flow visualization using tracer method reveals that PEO addition does not change the velocity profile of laminar flow in a circular pipe, while that change mean velocities and fluctuations of turbulent flow in the circular pipe. The stirring by centrifugal pumps cutts long chains of PEO molecules shortly and degrades the effect of PEO addition on the reduction of frictional loss.